Central Michigan·Mid-American

2020 — The 2020 Season

Central Michigan's 2020 season (3-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 3-3
Final result Non-bowl season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Ohio 30-27 W @ Nort Ill 40-10 L vs West Mic 44-52 W @ East Mic 31-23 L vs Ball Sta 20-45 L @ Toledo 23-24

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Central Michigan 40, Northern Illinois 10. A 30-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Central Michigan 20, Ball State 45. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Fire Up Chips"
— Central Michigan fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Central Michigan — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.