DETROIT—Buffalo, welcome to the joys of big-time college football.

The Bulls beat a bumbling, fumble-prone No. 12 Ball State 42-24 Friday night, winning the Mid-American Conference title and earning a bid to the International Bowl.

“Whooooo! Great feeling,” Buffalo coach Turner Gill said. “Proud of these guys.”

He should be.

The Bulls (8-5) capped the program’s first bowl-eligible season since joining college football’s top tier of teams in 1999 by beating a ranked team for the first time.

Before Gill took over in 2006, Buffalo won ju...

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