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Riley Neal

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 20-21	22	34	64.7	188	5.5	1	2.9	1	2.9	25	1	9	115.0
Wed 11/16	BALL	@	TOL	L 19-37	33	49	67.3	260	5.3	2	4.1	0	0.0	27	0	0	125.4			1	1
Tue 11/8	BALL	vs	EMU	L 41-48	30	50	60.0	393	7.9	3	6.0	2	4.0	62	3	17	137.8			3	2
Sat 10/22	BALL	vs	AKR	L 25-35	23	34	67.6	187	5.5	1	2.9	1	2.9	33	1	2	117.7
Sat 10/15	BALL	@	BUFF	W 31-21	12	22	54.5	212	9.6	0	0.0	2	9.1	44	1	14	117.3			1	1
Sat 10/8	BALL	@	CMU	L 21-24	18	30	60.0	174	5.8	1	3.3	2	6.7	20	3	13	106.4
Sat 10/1	BALL	vs	NIU	L 24-31	23	40	57.5	276	6.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	31	5	27	115.5
Sat 9/24	BALL	@	FAU	W 31-27	23	37	62.2	252	6.8	2	5.4	1	2.7	29	1	8	131.8	336	4
Sat 9/17	BALL	vs	EKY	W 41-14	28	39	71.8	238	6.1	2	5.1	0	0.0	42	1	5	140.0
Sat 9/10	BALL	@	IND	L 20-30	15	30	50.0	231	7.7	1	3.3	1	3.3	43	2	13	119.0			1	0
Fri 9/2	BALL	@	GAST	W 31-21	15	29	51.7	130	4.5	0	0.0	2	6.9	21	1	6	75.6
Total					242	394	61.4	2,541	6.4	13	3.3	12	3.0	62	19	114	120.4	3,091	21	6	4

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More Ball State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

438

Luster

RUSH

212

Horton

REC

150

Hamilton

Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

136th

OPP PPG

37.5

157th

RUSH YDS/G

121.3

134th

PASS YDS/G

158.3

156th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Western Michigan	0-0	2-1
6	Akron	0-0	1-3
7	Ball State	0-1	1-3
8	Buffalo	0-0	1-2
9	Kent State	1-0	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	TOL	@	BALL	2:00 PM
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	BALL	@	BGSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SAC	@	BALL	1:00 PM
Wed 11/4	BALL	@	MASS	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

1 - 3

Final

Kent State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,209

Craig

1,206

Sayin

1,191

Heintschel

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

592

Riley

458

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

9

Knight

8

Baugh

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

8.3

8.5

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

340.7

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

14.0

13.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	1	.667
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	3	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	2	1	.667
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	1	2	.333
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250