MIAMI REDHAWKS AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS

When: 1 p.m. today

Where: Kelly/Shorts Stadium (30,255), Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Records: Miami 4-6, 3-3 MAC East; Central Michigan 4-6, 2-4 MAC West

Series: Miami leads 12-10-1. Ironically, the RedHawks are 7-3-1 in Mt. Pleasant, but only 5-6 in Oxford. The Chippewas won the only neutral-site game.

TV: None

Radio: 1450, 1230, 980, 101.3

Last week: Miami lost to Kent State 48-32; Central Michigan defeated Eastern Michigan 34-31

Next week: Miami hosts Ball State on Friday at 1 p.m.; Central Michigan visits Massachusetts on Friday at 3 p.m.

Miami stats: Quarterback Zac Dysert is 250-of-397 for 2,922 yards and 22 touchdowns with 11 interceptions. The top receivers are Dawan Scott (45 catches, 700 yards, six TDs), Andy Cruse (68 catches, 622 yards, six TDs) and Nick Harwell (51 catches, 620 yards, seven TDs). The leading rushers are Jamire Westbrook (74 carries, 298 yards, two TDs), Dysert (85 carries, 224 yards, one TD) and Spencer Treadwell (57 carries, 195 yards, one TD).

Central Michigan stats: Quarterback Ryan Radcliff is 200-pf-336 for 2,621 yards and 18 touchdowns with seven interceptions. The top receivers are Cody Wilson (58 catches, 689 yards, two TDs), Titus Davis (41 catches, 835 yards, eight TDs) and Courtney Williams (22 catches, 233 yards, two TDs). The leading rushers are Zurlon Tipton (180 carries, 1,093 yards, 13 TDs) and Anthony Garland (41 carries, 182 yards, one TD).

Bowling for another game: Today’s winner will remain in the hunt to become bowl eligible. The MAC already has six bowl-eligible teams: Northern Illinois, Kent State, Toledo, Ohio, Ball State and Bowling Green.

Cruse control: Redshirt senior Andy Cruse ranks seventh in Miami history with 154 career receptions. His 1,603 career yards rank 11th (Tremayne Banks is 10th with 1,622).

Ground gainer: CMU junior Zurlon Tipton has rushed for 100-plus yards in his last four games. Miami is allowing 248.3 yards per contest on the ground.

Picking up steam: MU junior cornerback Dayonne Nunley has 12 career interceptions, four behind all-time leader Ron Carpenter (1990-92), the team’s current defensive backs coach. Nunley is tied with Troy White (1984-86) and Dave Rebsch (1971-73).

Up and down: Central Michigan is No. 1 in the MAC in red-zone proficiency, scoring points (20 touchdowns, 11 field goals) on 31-of-35 trips. But the Chippewas are last in red-zone defense, with opponents scoring at a 91.1-percent rate (41-of-45).

— RICK CASSANO