most rushing yards in a single game by a ball state player

Miquale Lewis has the most rushing yards by a Ball State player in a game, with 301 yards against Eastern Michigan on October 24, 2009.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Miquale Lewis M. Lewis	301	10/24/2009	BALL	@	EMU	26	11.6	1	-7	1		-7.0	0
2	James Gilbert J. Gilbert	264	10/15/2016	BALL	@	BUFF	34	7.8	2
3	Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	257	10/28/2000	BALL	@	CMU	42	6.1	3	0	1		0.0	0
4	Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	224	11/23/2002	BALL	vs	BUFF	37	6.1	4	11	1		11.0	0
5	Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	214	11/2/2002	BALL	vs	WMU	37	5.8	1	6	2		3.0	0
6	Caleb Huntley C. Huntley	204	11/11/2020	BALL	vs	EMU	34	6.0	3	13	1	1	13.0	0
7	Cory Sykes C. Sykes	203	10/24/2009	BALL	@	EMU	23	8.8	3
8	Jahwan Edwards J. Edwards	200	8/30/2012	BALL	vs	EMU	20	10.0	3	7	2		3.5	0
9	Carson Steele C. Steele	198	11/8/2022	BALL	@	TOL	28	7.1	3	-2	3	5	-0.7	0
10	Carson Steele C. Steele	192	11/1/2022	BALL	@	KENT	29	6.6	1	8	1	1	8.0	0
11	Caleb Huntley C. Huntley	192	11/23/2019	BALL	@	KENT	30	6.4	2
12	Anthony Jones A. Jones	187	10/7/2000	BALL	@	M-OH	46	4.1	1	38	3		12.7	1
13	Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	182	9/29/2001	BALL	vs	M-OH	27	6.7	1
14	Carson Steele C. Steele	180	11/22/2022	BALL	@	M-OH	26	6.9	2	35	6	6	5.8	0
15	Carson Steele C. Steele	179	10/15/2022	BALL	vs	CONN	32	5.6	3	0	0	0		0
16	Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	178	10/21/2000	BALL	@	BUFF	30	5.9	2
17	Marquez Cooper M. Cooper	177	9/16/2023	BALL	vs	INST	22	8.0	1
18	Miquale Lewis M. Lewis	177	11/19/2008	BALL	@	CMU	28	6.3	0	20	2		10.0	0
19	Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	173	10/13/2001	BALL	@	EMU	38	4.6	2
20	B.J. Hill	170	10/8/2005	BALL	@	WMU	24	7.1	1	-3	1		-3.0	0
21	LeAndre Moore L. Moore	170	11/14/1998	BALL	@	UCF	21	8.1
22	Jahwan Edwards J. Edwards	169	11/14/2012	BALL	vs	OHIO	17	9.9	1
23	Miquale Lewis M. Lewis	166	9/20/2008	BALL	@	IND	29	5.7	4	3	1		3.0	0
24	Jahwan Edwards J. Edwards	165	11/28/2014	BALL	@	BGSU	28	5.9	2	10	3	3	3.3	0
25	Miquale Lewis M. Lewis	165	11/11/2008	BALL	@	M-OH	26	6.3	2	51	2		25.5	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,583

Kelly

RUSH

600

Kelly

REC

320

Magwood

Team Rankings

PPG

15.8

158th

OPP PPG

29.8

113th

RUSH YDS/G

131.8

115th

PASS YDS/G

139.9

180th

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Kent State	4-4	5-7
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8
10	Ball State	3-5	4-8
11	Bowling Green	2-6	4-8
12	Northern Illinois	2-6	3-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BALL	@	OSU	12:30 PM
Sat 9/12	STON	@	BALL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/19	BALL	@	LIB	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	BALL	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TOL	@	BALL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

4 - 8

Final

Miami (OH)

7 - 5

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167