Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game

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NCAA Division I FBS conference championship game college football championship game

The Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the champion of the NCAA Division I FBS Mid-American Conference.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game canonical	6
Mid-American Conference football champion	3
Mid-American Conference champion	1
Mid-American Conference football champion with Central Michigan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4628263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game
Context triple: [Ford Field, hostedEvent, Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game]

A. Big Ten Football Championship Game
The Big Ten Football Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the champion of the Big Ten Conference in NCAA Division I FBS college football.
B. Pinstripe Bowl
The Pinstripe Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in New York City that typically features teams from major NCAA conferences.
C. Harbaugh Bowl
The Harbaugh Bowl is the popular nickname for Super Bowl XLVII, notable for featuring opposing head coaches who were brothers, Jim and John Harbaugh.
D. ReliaQuest Bowl
The ReliaQuest Bowl is a college football postseason bowl game held annually in Tampa, Florida, featuring teams from major conferences.
E. Missouri Valley Football Conference
The Missouri Valley Football Conference is a prominent NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) league known for its strong Midwestern programs and frequent national title contenders.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game
Target entity description: The Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the champion of the NCAA Division I FBS Mid-American Conference.

A. Big Ten Football Championship Game
The Big Ten Football Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the champion of the Big Ten Conference in NCAA Division I FBS college football.
B. Pinstripe Bowl
The Pinstripe Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in New York City that typically features teams from major NCAA conferences.
C. Harbaugh Bowl
The Harbaugh Bowl is the popular nickname for Super Bowl XLVII, notable for featuring opposing head coaches who were brothers, Jim and John Harbaugh.
D. ReliaQuest Bowl
The ReliaQuest Bowl is a college football postseason bowl game held annually in Tampa, Florida, featuring teams from major conferences.
E. Missouri Valley Football Conference
The Missouri Valley Football Conference is a prominent NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) league known for its strong Midwestern programs and frequent national title contenders.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I FBS conference championship game ⓘ college football championship game ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MAC Championship Game ⓘ
competitionLevel	NCAA Division I FBS ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision
conference	Mid-American Conference ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
determines	Mid-American Conference football champion ⓘ linked to: Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game
divisionStructure	East Division vs West Division ⓘ
eligibility	Football Bowl Subdivision teams ⓘ
firstSeasonPlayed	1997 NCAA Division I-A football season ⓘ
formerVenue	Ford Field ⓘ Huntington, West Virginia ⓘ Marshall University Stadium ⓘ linked to: Marshall University Stadium, Huntington, West Virginia
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	men's sport ⓘ
governingBody	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
hasOfficialWebsite	https://getsomemaction.com ⓘ
inception	1997 ⓘ
location	Detroit, Michigan ⓘ linked to: Detroit
mostSuccessfulTeam	Marshall Thundering Herd football ⓘ Northern Illinois Huskies football ⓘ linked to: Northern Illinois Huskies
numberOfTeams	2 ⓘ
organizedBy	Mid-American Conference ⓘ
participants	MAC East Division champion ⓘ MAC West Division champion ⓘ
playoffFormat	single game ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
relatedCompetition	Mid-American Conference football season ⓘ
scheduling	held at neutral site ⓘ
seasonOfPlay	college football regular season ⓘ
sponsor	various corporate title sponsors over time ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
sportSeason	NCAA college football season ⓘ
televisionCoverage	ABC ⓘ ESPN ⓘ ESPN2 ⓘ
tieBreakerForParticipation	conference record ⓘ
typicallyHeldIn	early December ⓘ
venue	Ford Field ⓘ
winnerReceives	Mid-American Conference football championship trophy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ford Field → hostedEvent → Mid-American Conference Football Championship Game ⓘ

Brian Kelly → conferenceChampion → Mid-American Conference football champion with Central Michigan ⓘ