Today’s college football slate features the Massachusetts Minutemen taking on the Northern Illinois Huskies in some exciting mid-week MACtion.

UMass enters the contest carrying the weight of an 0-8 record (0-4 in MAC play), while Akron stands at 3-6 overall and 2-3 in conference action.

It's no secret that UMass Football isn't a program that is often being talked about. But now, they have gotten a lot of attention; however, it's for the wrong reasons. On Wednesday night, the Minutemen hosted Northern Illinois and had trouble getting any points on the board,

Date: Saturday, Nov. 8 | Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium -- Logan, Utah TV: CBS Sports Network [ Channel finder ] Live stream: CBSSports.com | Mobile: CBS Sports App Spread: Utah State -10.5 | Will the Aggies cover? Check out SportsLine's Week 11 projections here

Northern Illinois blocked a UMass punt to start its first drive of the game at the UMass 25-yard line, but the Minutemen defense held the Huskies to a field goal. The Huskies then went up 10 following a 13-yard touchdown run by Jalen Macon at 4:53 of the first quarter.

UMass managed just one red-zone trip but allowed Northern Illinois to score on seven of its first eight possessions on Wednesday.

Jalen Macon delivered four touchdowns in his Northern Illinois debut, powering the Huskies to a 45-3 rout of winless UMass on Wednesday

The home ‘MACtion’ debut from the UMass football team ended with a booming thud on Wednesday night. The Minutemen remained winless in a 45-3 loss to Northern Illinois at McGuirk Alumni Stadium under the lights.

The University of Akron football team hosted UMass in a MAC game Tuesday night. Find out here how the action unfolded at InfoCision Stadium.

For a winless team with seemingly nowhere to go but up, the Massachusetts football team still fell further down on Tuesday night. The Minutemen’s (0-9, 0-5 Mid-American) introduction to “MACtion” was unkind,