Ball State Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	134	3,212	781	4.1	962	400	2.4	2,250	381	5.9
Team Rank		108th	91st	63rd	93rd	101st	94th	99th	27th	19th	84th
Opponent	11	275	4,085		5.1	2,228	537	4.1	1,857	264	7.0
Opponent Rank		81st	70th		74th	84th	89th	78th	42nd	21st	73rd
Net		-141	-873	+781	-1.0	-1,266	-137	-1.7	+393	+117	-1.1
Net Rank		99th	92nd	63rd	94th	100th	97th	98th	24th	13th	88th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	107	189	56.6	17.2	1,205	6.4	109.5	2	13	99.9	1.1	6.9
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	101	175	57.7	15.9	996	5.7	90.5	6	8	107.7	3.4	4.6
John Sarber J. Sarber	11	4	14	28.6	1.3	29	2.1	2.6	0	1	31.7	0.0	7.1
Rod Davis R. Davis	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	0	0	133.6	0.0	0.0
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0	0	200.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	144	13.1	551	3.8	50.1	0	175	808
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	122	11.1	362	3.0	32.9	6	138	465
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	30	2.7	-122	-4.1	-11.1	0
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	25	2.3	71	2.8	6.5	0	31	114
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	22	2.0	-77	-3.5	-7.0	0
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	16	1.5	23	1.4	2.1	1
Kerry Murphy K. Murphy	11	14	1.3	51	3.6	4.6	0	17	78
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	14	1.3	42	3.0	3.8	0	17	55
Andy Bitto A. Bitto	11	6	0.5	21	3.5	1.9	0	8	39
John Sarber J. Sarber	11	2	0.2	-3	-1.5	-0.3	0
Jim Krupa J. Krupa	11	2	0.2	-19	-9.5	-1.7	0
Kevin Young K. Young	11	1	0.1	56	56.0	5.1	0
Gene Frisby G. Frisby	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	4	9
Ricky George R. George	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	28	505

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mike Leuck M. Leuck	11	48	4.4	410	8.5	37.3	0
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11	31	2.8	366	11.8	33.3	3
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	31	2.8	257	8.3	23.4	1	175	808
Ricky George R. George	11	27	2.5	503	18.6	45.7	3	28	505
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	16	1.5	103	6.4	9.4	0	138	465
Deon Chester D. Chester	11	13	1.2	200	15.4	18.2	0
Ron Duncan R. Duncan	11	12	1.1	112	9.3	10.2	0
Steve Suski S. Suski	11	8	0.7	100	12.5	9.1	0
Matt McWhorter M. McWhorter	11	8	0.7	50	6.3	4.5	0
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	6	0.5	43	7.2	3.9	0	31	114
Dave Malinski D. Malinski	11	3	0.3	39	13.0	3.5	0
Kerry Murphy K. Murphy	11	3	0.3	27	9.0	2.5	1	17	78
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	3	0.3	13	4.3	1.2	0	17	55
Gene Frisby G. Frisby	11	3	0.3	5	1.7	0.5	0	4	9
Andy Bitto A. Bitto	11	2	0.2	18	9.0	1.6	0	8	39
Tony Anderson T. Anderson	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	3	43	14.3
Darren Martin D. Martin	11	2	55	27.5
Kevin Young K. Young	11	2	15	7.5
Stanford Young S. Young	11	1	13	13
Brad Saar B. Saar	11	1	5	5
Stu Skibinski S. Skibinski	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	0		6			36
John Diettrich J. Diettrich	11				8	12	36
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	6	0	6			36
Ricky George R. George	11	0	3	3			18
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11		3	3			18
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	0		2			12
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	0	1	1			6
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	1		1			6
Kerry Murphy K. Murphy	11	0	1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11	29	638	22.0	0
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	2	61	30.5	0	5	20	4.0	0
Kerry Murphy K. Murphy	11	5	93	18.6	0
Andy Bitto A. Bitto	11	3	41	13.7	0
Ricky George R. George	11	3	40	13.3	0
Mike Davis M. Davis	11					2	29	14.5	0
Brad Saar B. Saar	11					1	27	27.0	0
Thomas Howard T. Howard	11	1	19	19.0	0
Todd Clark T. Clark	11					1	6	6.0	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	8	21	38.1						12	12	100.0	36

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jim Krupa J. Krupa	11	59	2,092	35.5
	John Diettrich J. Diettrich	11	5	123	24.6

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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	0
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	0	0
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