Ball State Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	247	3,843	786	4.9	1,353	408	3.3	2,490	378	6.6
Team Rank		59th	57th	59th	55th	82nd	90th	71st	25th	19th	62nd
Opponent	11	302	4,512		5.4	2,424	533	4.5	2,088	303	6.9
Opponent Rank		88th	90th		83rd	92nd	81st	88th	62nd	53rd	58th
Net		-55	-669	+786	-0.5	-1,071	-125	-1.2	+402	+75	-0.3
Net Rank		73rd	85th	59th	77th	89th	91st	88th	30th	23rd	67th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	206	348	59.2	31.6	2,377	6.8	216.1	13	25	114.5	3.7	7.2
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	11	28	39.3	2.5	113	4.0	10.3	0	3	51.8	0.0	10.7
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-100.0	0.0	50.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	98	8.9	375	3.8	34.1	5	115	512
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	96	8.7	517	5.4	47.0	2	112	601
Steve Strausbaugh S. Strausbaugh	11	65	5.9	204	3.1	18.5	9	74	246
Bob Brinson B. Brinson	11	54	4.9	220	4.1	20.0	0	58	255
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	49	4.5	-55	-1.1	-5.0	0
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	17	1.5	39	2.3	3.5	0	19	43
Kerry Murphy K. Murphy	11	16	1.5	62	3.9	5.6	0	23	98
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	4	0.4	-24	-6.0	-2.2	0
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	3	0.3	21	7.0	1.9	0
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	2	0.2	5	2.5	0.5	0	3	20
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0
Brad Downing B. Downing	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mike Leuck M. Leuck	11	67	6.1	667	10.0	60.6	4
Dave Naumcheff D. Naumcheff	11	65	5.9	1,065	16.4	96.8	6
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	17	1.5	137	8.1	12.5	0	115	512
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11	16	1.5	199	12.4	18.1	1
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	16	1.5	84	5.3	7.6	1	112	601
Ricky George R. George	11	11	1.0	161	14.6	14.6	1
Steve Strausbaugh S. Strausbaugh	11	9	0.8	42	4.7	3.8	0	74	246
Kerry Murphy K. Murphy	11	7	0.6	36	5.1	3.3	0	23	98
Bob Brinson B. Brinson	11	4	0.4	35	8.8	3.2	0	58	255
Bob Bell B. Bell	11	2	0.2	45	22.5	4.1	0
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	2	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0	19	43
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.4	0	3	20

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Kevin Young K. Young	11	7	72	10.3
Darren Martin D. Martin	11	3	15	5
Todd Clark T. Clark	11	1	35	35
Tom Short T. Short	11	1	3	3
Jeff Burns J. Burns	11	1	2	2
Tony Anderson T. Anderson	11	1	0	0
Bob Crane B. Crane	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	0		13			78
John Diettrich J. Diettrich	11				13	20	59
Steve Strausbaugh S. Strausbaugh	11	9	0	9			54
Dave Naumcheff D. Naumcheff	11		6	6			36
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	5	0	5			30
Mike Leuck M. Leuck	11		4	4			24
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	2	1	3			18
Ricky George R. George	11		1	1			6
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11	22	519	23.6	0
Kerry Murphy K. Murphy	11	7	148	21.1	0	12	72	6.0	0
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	4	68	17.0	0
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	1	21	21.0	0	2	12	6.0	0
Bob Brinson B. Brinson	11	2	24	12.0	0
Todd Achor T. Achor	11	2	9	4.5	0
Kevin Young K. Young	11					2	7	3.5	0
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	1	38	38.0	0
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	1	37	37.0	0
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	1	21	21.0	0
Mike Schafer M. Schafer	11	1	1	1.0	0
Lloyd Moseby L. Moseby	11	1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	John Diettrich J. Diettrich	11	13	17	76.5						20	22	90.9	59

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Dave Naumcheff D. Naumcheff	11	42	1,531	36.5
Mike Schafer M. Schafer	11	10	312	31.2
John Diettrich J. Diettrich	11	1	31	31.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333