Ball State Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	203	3,279	799	4.1	1,303	501	2.6	1,976	298	6.6
Team Rank		80th	91st	48th	96th	87th	51st	95th	53rd	52nd	55th
Opponent	11	283	3,798		4.9	1,375	440	3.1	2,423	328	7.4
Opponent Rank		75th	45th		61st	20th	20th	21st	83rd	80th	82nd
Net		-80	-519	+799	-0.8	-72	+61	-0.5	-447	-30	-0.8
Net Rank		84th	75th	48th	87th	55th	30th	72nd	81st	65th	74th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Wade Kosakowski W. Kosakowski	11	140	242	57.9	22.0	1,614	6.7	146.7	8	11	115.7	3.3	4.5
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	15	31	48.4	2.8	180	5.8	16.4	1	2	94.9	3.2	6.5
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	11	24	45.8	2.2	172	7.2	15.6	1	2	103.1	4.2	8.3
Deon Chester D. Chester	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0	0	184.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	204	18.5	747	3.7	67.9	3	219	801
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	122	11.1	358	2.9	32.5	3	137	566
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	71	6.5	228	3.2	20.7	1	77	304
Wade Kosakowski W. Kosakowski	11	57	5.2	-49	-0.9	-4.5	1	58	-39
Paul Carter P. Carter	11	12	1.1	35	2.9	3.2	0
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	9	0.8	-38	-4.2	-3.5	0
Gary Frisby G. Frisby	11	8	0.7	21	2.6	1.9	0	12	38
Deon Chester D. Chester	11	6	0.5	-6	-1.0	-0.5	0	51	611
Ricky George R. George	11	4	0.4	57	14.3	5.2	0	35	478
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	3	0.3	-27	-9.0	-2.5	0
Dirk Clark D. Clark	11	2	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	0	3	27
Todd Finnell T. Finnell	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	4	23

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Deon Chester D. Chester	11	45	4.1	617	13.7	56.1	0	51	611
Ron Duncan R. Duncan	11	44	4.0	518	11.8	47.1	4
Ricky George R. George	11	31	2.8	421	13.6	38.3	2	35	478
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	15	1.4	208	13.9	18.9	4	137	566
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	15	1.4	54	3.6	4.9	0	219	801
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	6	0.5	76	12.7	6.9	0	77	304
Gary Frisby G. Frisby	11	4	0.4	17	4.3	1.5	0	12	38
Todd Finnell T. Finnell	11	3	0.3	21	7.0	1.9	0	4	23
Dirk Clark D. Clark	11	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.7	0	3	27
Wade Kosakowski W. Kosakowski	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0	58	-39
Dave Malinski D. Malinski	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0
Gene Richards G. Richards	11	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Kevin Young K. Young	11	3	44	14.7
Brad Saar B. Saar	11	2	37	18.5
Todd Clark T. Clark	11	2	0	0
Stanford Young S. Young	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
John Diettrich J. Diettrich	11				25	12	87
Wade Kosakowski W. Kosakowski	11	1	0	9			54
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	3	4	7			42
Ron Duncan R. Duncan	11		4	4			24
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	3	0	3			18
Ricky George R. George	11	0	2	2			12
Robert Adams R. Adams	11	0		1			6
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	0		1			6
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Burt Austin B. Austin	11	12	195	16.3	0	27	115	4.3	0
Todd Finnell T. Finnell	11	15	250	16.7	0
Carlton Campbell C. Campbell	11	4	61	15.3	0
Ricky George R. George	11	3	73	24.3	0
Dirk Clark D. Clark	11	3	58	19.3	0
Jay Neal J. Neal	11	2	21	10.5	0
Stanford Young S. Young	11					1	19	19.0	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	25	29	86.2						12	12	100.0	87

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	John Diettrich J. Diettrich	11	58	2,326	40.1

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

3,086

Veltkamp

3,076

Mensah

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.7

44.1

43.9

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

520.1

518.1

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

343.8

339.1

331.0

322.9

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	Texas State	6	4	.600
3	Oregon State	5	5	.500
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Iowa	8	2	.800
5	USC	7	3	.700
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Penn State	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Michigan	5	5	.500
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	7	.300
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	7	.300

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	3	.700
4	Texas	8	2	.800
5	Tennessee	8	2	.800
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	LSU	6	4	.600
9	Missouri	6	4	.600
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	6	4	.600
12	Auburn	6	4	.600
13	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
14	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
15	Arkansas	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
4	Delaware	5	5	.500
5	Florida International	4	6	.400
6	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
7	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
8	Missouri State	4	6	.400
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	6	.400
10	Marshall	5	5	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
12	Georgia State	5	5	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	5	5	.500
12	Virginia	5	5	.500
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	California	3	7	.300
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	2	.800
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	San Jose State	5	6	.455
7	Nevada	4	6	.400
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.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	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	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	8	2	.800
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	West Virginia	5	5	.500
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	4	6	.400