Ball State Cardinals

The Ball State Cardinals were 8-3 in 1988.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Thu 11/17	vs	INST	W 24-10
Sat 11/12	@	OHIO	L 25-27
Sat 11/5	vs	WMU	L 13-16
Sat 10/29	@	NIU	W 18-17
Sat 10/22	@	CMU	W 27-20

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,886

Riley

RUSH YDS

774

Stevens

REC YDS

457

Riley

1988 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Western Michigan	7-1	9-3
	Ball State	5-3	8-3
	Eastern Michigan	5-2-1	6-3-1
	Central Michigan	5-3	7-4
	Toledo	4-4	6-5

Latest Ball State Cardinals News

Smith and Sayin help No. 1 Ohio State prepare for Texas with 56-3 rout of Ball State

Sep 5, 2026

1988 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	286	4,046	822	4.9	2,160	555	3.9	1,886	267	7.1
Team Rank		40th	43rd	29th	58th	37th	25th	44th	61st	71st	50th
Opponent	11	170	2,887		4.3	1,237	398	3.1	1,650	266	6.2
Opponent Rank		13th	6th		20th	10th	8th	18th	16th	24th	30th
Net		+116	+1,159	+822	+0.6	+923	+157	+0.8	+236	+1	+0.9
Net Rank		27th	18th	29th	32nd	26th	13th	34th	40th	55th	36th

More CFB News

Mason Pickett-Hicks rushes for 210 yards and 2 TDs to lead South Carolina State by Florida A&M 31-13

Sep 7, 2026

No. 17 Washington struggles on offense but pulls out 24-10 Apple Cup win over Washington State

Sep 6, 2026

Kamden Sixkiller throws for 330 yards and 2 touchdowns as Campbell beats Western Carolina 28-19

Sep 6, 2026

Wheaton snaps Mount Union's 85-game, regular-season win streak by blocking a PAT in closing seconds

Sep 6, 2026

A proud Jim Mora revels in his son’s Colorado State debut during a 35-13 win over Wyoming

Sep 6, 2026

Texas transfers delivered the big plays for the Longhorns in their burnt orange debut

Sep 6, 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	0

	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	0	0

	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	0
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	0
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