ball state all-time record against the top 25

The Ball State Cardinals have a record of 5-29 against the AP top 25 all-time.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Ball State	9/2/1989	0-1	BALL	@	WVU	L 10-35	.000
2	Ball State	9/5/1992	0-1	BALL	@	CLEM	L 10-24	.000
3	Ball State	9/4/1993	0-1	BALL	@	SYR	L 12-35	.000
4	Ball State	8/29/1996	0-1	BALL	@	KU	L 10-35	.000			235	488
5	Ball State	11/8/1997	1-0	BALL	vs	TOL	W 35-3	1.000			356	218
6	Ball State	9/11/1999	0-1	BALL	@	WIS	L 10-50	.000			176	460
7	Ball State	9/2/2000	0-1	BALL	@	FLA	L 19-40	.000	2	13	266	495
8	Ball State	9/16/2000	0-1	BALL	@	KSU	L 0-76	.000	0	5	51	514
9	Ball State	10/20/2001	1-0	BALL	vs	TOL	W 24-20	1.000	2	19	266	340
10	Ball State	10/26/2002	0-1	BALL	@	BGSU	L 20-38	.000	2	21	358	445
11	Ball State	9/13/2003	0-1	BALL	@	PITT	L 21-42	.000	3	19	284	473
12	Ball State	11/1/2003	0-1	BALL	@	NIU	L 23-48	.000	3	22	439	437
13	Ball State	11/22/2003	0-1	BALL	vs	BGSU	L 14-41	.000	2	16	327	445
14	Ball State	9/11/2004	0-1	BALL	@	PUR	L 7-59	.000	1	13	197	599
15	Ball State	9/3/2005	0-1	BALL	@	IOWA	L 0-56	.000	0	7	144	441
16	Ball State	10/1/2005	0-1	BALL	@	BC	L 0-38	.000	0	11	159	471
17	Ball State	11/4/2006	0-1	BALL	@	MICH	L 26-34	.000	3
18	Ball State	9/22/2007	0-1	BALL	@	NEB	L 40-41	.000	5
19	Ball State	9/25/2010	0-1	BALL	@	IOWA	L 0-45	.000	0
20	Ball State	9/10/2011	0-1	BALL	@	USF	L 7-37	.000	1
21	Ball State	10/1/2011	0-1	BALL	@	OKLA	L 6-62	.000	0
22	Ball State	9/8/2012	0-1	BALL	@	CLEM	L 27-52	.000	3
23	Ball State	11/6/2012	1-0	BALL	@	TOL	W 34-27	1.000	4
24	Ball State	11/13/2013	0-1	BALL	@	NIU	L 27-48	.000	3	31	494	569	50.0	0.0
25	Ball State	9/12/2015	0-1	BALL	@	TAMU	L 23-56	.000	2	19	361	503	15.4	100.0
	Average							.147			289.9	481.5
	Total		5-29					.147			6,958	11,557

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More Ball State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

871

Luster

RUSH

312

Horton

REC

273

Hamilton

Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

138th

OPP PPG

39.0

167th

RUSH YDS/G

117.8

142nd

PASS YDS/G

190.2

127th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	UMass	1-2	4-2
10	Kent State	1-2	2-4
11	Akron	0-2	1-5
12	Ball State	0-2	1-5
13	Sacramento State	0-3	1-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	BALL	@	BGSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SAC	@	BALL	1:00 PM
Wed 11/4	BALL	@	MASS	1:00 PM
Wed 11/11	BUFF	@	BALL	1:00 PM
Tue 11/17	BALL	@	OHIO	7:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

1 - 5

Final

Northwestern

4 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333