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James Gilbert

Liberty Bowl

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Tue 12/31	KSU	vs	NAVY	L 17-20	8	39	4.9	0	14							39	0

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Sat 11/30	KSU	vs	ISU	W 27-17	8	19	2.4	0	6	0	1	0		0	0	19	0
Sat 11/23	KSU	@	TTU	W 30-27	12	61	5.1	0	22							61	0
Sat 11/16	KSU	vs	WVU	L 20-24	13	60	4.6	1	32	4	4	28	7.0	0	11	88	1
Sat 10/26	KSU	vs	OKLA	W 48-41	13	105	8.1	1	26							105	1
Sat 10/19	KSU	vs	TCU	W 24-17	14	38	2.7	0	11	0	1	0		0	0	38	0
Sat 10/5	KSU	vs	BAY	L 12-31	18	94	5.2	0	29	2	2	21	10.5	0	16	115	0	2	0
Sat 9/28	KSU	@	OKST	L 13-26	12	44	3.7	1	18	0	1	0		0	0	44	1	1	1
Sat 9/14	KSU	@	MSST	W 31-24	17	59	3.5	0	11							59	0
Sat 9/7	KSU	vs	BGSU	W 52-0	8	103	12.9	2	51							103	2
Sat 8/31	KSU	vs	NICH	W 49-14	18	115	6.4	1	24							115	1
Total					133	698	5.2	6	51	6	9	49	8.2	0	16	747	6	3	1

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More Ball State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

89

Luster

RUSH

20

Jackson

REC

26

Durham

Team Rankings

PPG

3.0

173rd

OPP PPG

56.0

174th

RUSH YDS/G

45.0

176th

PASS YDS/G

120.0

153rd

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	UMass	0-0	1-0
4	Akron	0-0	0-1
5	Ball State	0-0	0-1
6	Bowling Green	0-0	0-1
7	Central Michigan	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	BALL	@	LIB	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	BALL	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TOL	@	BALL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	BALL	@	BGSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

0 - 1

Final

Ohio State

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

646

Browne

641

Boley

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

234

Mason

231

Kromah

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

8

Mensah

8

Stockton

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Hawkins

4

Wilson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Becker

4

Williams

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Harris

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

66.5

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

671.0

646.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

458.0

431.0

394.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

430.0

427.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

9.0

7.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	0	1.000
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	1	.500
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	1	.500
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	2	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000