Ball State Cardinals

Team History

SEASON	NAME	W	L	T	W%	CONFERENCE	POSTSEASON
2026	Ball State Cardinals	1	3	0	.250	12th
2025	Ball State Cardinals	4	8	0	.333	10th
2024	Ball State Cardinals	3	9	0	.250	11th
2023	Ball State Cardinals	4	8	0	.333	10th
2022	Ball State Cardinals	5	7	0	.417	8th
2021	Ball State Cardinals	6	6	0	.500	8th	Lost Camellia Bowl
2020	Ball State Cardinals	6	1	0	.857	1st	Won Arizona Bowl
2019	Ball State Cardinals	5	7	0	.417	9th
2018	Ball State Cardinals	4	8	0	.333	8th
2017	Ball State Cardinals	2	10	0	.167	12th
2016	Ball State Cardinals	4	8	0	.333	10th
2015	Ball State Cardinals	3	9	0	.250	10th
2014	Ball State Cardinals	5	7	0	.417	9th
2013	Ball State Cardinals	10	2	0	.833	2nd	Lost GoDaddy Bowl
2012	Ball State Cardinals	9	3	0	.750		Lost Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
2011	Ball State Cardinals	6	6	0	.500
2010	Ball State Cardinals	4	8	0	.333
2009	Ball State Cardinals	2	10	0	.167
2008	Ball State Cardinals	12	1	0	.923		Lost GMAC Bowl
2007	Ball State Cardinals	7	5	0	.583		Lost International Bowl
2006	Ball State Cardinals	5	7	0	.417
2005	Ball State Cardinals	4	7	0	.364
2004	Ball State Cardinals	2	9	0	.182
2003	Ball State Cardinals	4	8	0	.333
2002	Ball State Cardinals	6	6	0	.500
2001	Ball State Cardinals	5	6	0	.455
2000	Ball State Cardinals	5	6	0	.455
1999	Ball State Cardinals	0	11	0	.000
1998	Ball State Cardinals	1	10	0	.091
1997	Ball State Cardinals	5	6	0	.455
1996	Ball State Cardinals	8	3	0	.727	1st	Lost Las Vegas Bowl
1995	Ball State Cardinals	7	4	0	.636
1994	Ball State Cardinals	5	5	1	.500
1993	Ball State Cardinals	8	2	1	.773	1st	Lost Las Vegas Bowl
1992	Ball State Cardinals	5	6	0	.455
1991	Ball State Cardinals	6	5	0	.545
1990	Ball State Cardinals	7	4	0	.636
1989	Ball State Cardinals	7	2	2	.727	1st	Lost California Bowl
1988	Ball State Cardinals	8	3	0	.727
1987	Ball State Cardinals	4	7	0	.364
1986	Ball State Cardinals	6	5	0	.545
1985	Ball State Cardinals	4	7	0	.364
1984	Ball State Cardinals	3	8	0	.273
1983	Ball State Cardinals	6	5	0	.545
1982	Ball State Cardinals	5	6	0	.455
1981	Ball State Cardinals	4	7	0	.364
1980	Ball State Cardinals	6	5	0	.545
1979	Ball State Cardinals	6	5	0	.545
1978	Ball State Cardinals	10	1	0	.909	1st
1977	Ball State Cardinals	9	2	0	.818
1976	Ball State Cardinals	8	3	0	.727	1st
1975	Ball State Cardinals	9	2	0	.818
1974	Ball State Cardinals	2	0	0	1.000
1973	Ball State Cardinals	0	3	1	.125
1972	Ball State Cardinals	1	2	0	.333
1971	Ball State Cardinals	0	1	1	.250
1970	Ball State Cardinals	1	1	0	.500
1969	Ball State Cardinals	1	1	0	.500
1968	Ball State Cardinals	0	2	0	.000
1933	Ball State Cardinals	0	1	0	.000
1932	Ball State Cardinals	0	1	0	.000

History


Seasons	61 (1932 to present)
Conference	Mid-American
Regular Season	285-311-6 (.478)
Postseason	1-8 (.111)
National Championships	0

Franchise Leaders

PASS YDS

10,970

Keith Wenning

RUSH YDS

4,323

Jahwan Edwards

REC YDS

3,385

Justin Hall

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM