Bowling Green beat IUPUI 26-12 and Western Michigan got by Cincinnati 37-20 to solidify the top four in the Mid American Conference.
In a complete mudbath, with a chunk of the field under water, Bowling Green's forwards held sway, especially on defense and in the scrums. They ruined IUPUI ball and while neither set of backs could do much with it, Bowling Green could do a little bit more.
Flyhalf Jake Kubicki and center Joe Johnson both got tries for the Falcons, while flanker John Stuhldreher touched down twice.
Both of IUPUI's tries came as a result of blocked kicks, and both times center Joey Sturgill was the man to rumble in and score.
Western Michigan, meanwhile, improved their defense and got another big game from No. 8 Will McNamara and some power in tight from prop Tyquan Mills. In the backs fullback Garen Leland and wing Luke Sutherland were again dangerous.
The result of all of this is that BGSU remains in 1st and idle Louisville is 2nd.
WMU regains 3rd just ahead of Cincinnati.
That state of affairs is likely to remain as Cincinnati faces Bowling in a semifinal preview next week. Louisville faces IUPUI and WMU takes on Dayton. If, however, IUPUI upsets Louisville we could see a shift.
| MAC | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BT | BL | Pts |
| Bowling Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 74 | 221 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| Louisville | 5 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 98 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Western Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 238 | 162 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 0 | 176 | 72 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| IUPUI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 108 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 197 | -147 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ohio University | 0 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 237 | -160 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dayton | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 200 | -165 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
