MAC appeals Michigan-Western Michigan result, asks NCAA and CFP to recognize Broncos

Michigan's wide receiver JJ Buchanan (6) makes the game-winning catch to win over Western Michigan with a last-second touchdown during an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 5 2026.

Michigan's wide receiver JJ Buchanan (6) makes the game-winning catch to win over Western Michigan with a last-second touchdown during an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 5 2026. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)


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CLEVELAND — The Mid-American Conference appealed the outcome of the Michigan-Western Michigan game on Tuesday and asked NCAA and College Football Playoff administrators to recognize the Broncos as the actual winner.

Michigan won 13-12 on a Hail Mary pass after the replay official put one second back on the clock. The stadium clock and the one shown on television showed zeroes after Bryce Underwood's first Hail Mary was thrown out the back of the end zone.

The Big Ten had said in a statement that time had not expired on a separate clock embedded within its replay system.

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