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John Paddock

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RTG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Tue 11/22	BALL	@	M-OH	L 17-18	19	32	59.4	119	3.7	0	0.0	2	6.3	19	0	0	78.1
Tue 11/15	BALL	vs	OHIO	L 18-32	29	48	60.4	273	5.7	2	4.2	1	2.1	22	1	3	117.8
Tue 11/8	BALL	@	TOL	L 21-28	13	35	37.1	94	2.7	0	0.0	1	2.9	28	5	39	54.0	59	0	0	0
Tue 11/1	BALL	@	KENT	W 27-20	25	40	62.5	248	6.2	2	5.0	1	2.5	43	1	4	126.1
Sat 10/22	BALL	vs	EMU	L 16-20	15	26	57.7	178	6.8	2	7.7	2	7.7	32	1	8	125.2
Sat 10/15	BALL	vs	CONN	W 25-21	19	39	48.7	147	3.8	0	0.0	1	2.6	18	1	6	75.3	146	0	0	0
Sat 10/8	BALL	@	CMU	W 17-16	15	27	55.6	122	4.5	1	3.7	0	0.0	20	2	21	105.7	96	1	1	1
Sat 10/1	BALL	vs	NIU	W 44-38	40	58	69.0	403	6.9	3	5.2	2	3.4	30	1	12	137.5	403	3	1	0
Sat 9/24	BALL	@	GASO	L 23-34	33	47	70.2	338	7.2	2	4.3	1	2.1	37	0	0	140.4
Sat 9/17	BALL	vs	MURR	W 31-0	27	44	61.4	227	5.2	3	6.8	1	2.3	19	1	9	122.7
Sat 9/10	BALL	vs	WMU	L 30-37	24	41	58.5	301	7.3	2	4.9	0	0.0	39	0	0	136.3
Thu 9/1	BALL	@	TENN	L 10-59	27	43	62.8	269	6.3	1	2.3	2	4.7	33	0	0	113.7
Total					286	480	59.6	2,719	5.7	18	3.8	14	2.9	43	13	102	113.7	2,640	18	2	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

164th

OPP PPG

56.0

165th

RUSH YDS/G

45.0

165th

PASS YDS/G

120.0

142nd

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	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

0 - 1

Final

Ohio State

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	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	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
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	0	1.000
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	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
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	Washington State	0	1	.000
4	Boise State	0	1	.000
5	Fresno State	0	1	.000
6	Oregon State	0	1	.000
7	Texas State	0	1	.000
8	Utah State	0	1	.000

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

	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	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
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	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.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	1	0	1.000
2	Virginia	1	0	1.000
3	Duke	1	0	1.000
4	Florida State	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Louisville	0	1	.000
11	SMU	0	0
12	Boston College	0	1	.000
13	California	0	1	.000
14	Clemson	0	1	.000
15	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	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	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	1	.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	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000