Ball State Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	276	3,859	737	5.2	2,211	490	4.5	1,648	247	6.7
Team Rank		52nd	68th	92nd	52nd	26th	38th	24th	88th	88th	66th
Opponent	11	296	4,385		5.4	1,799	473	3.8	2,586	332	7.8
Opponent Rank		74th	75th		71st	56th	62nd	51st	92nd	70th	88th
Net		-20	-526	+737	-0.2	+412	+17	+0.7	-938	-85	-1.1
Net Rank		65th	77th	92nd	70th	38th	47th	32nd	98th	91st	82nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Brent Baldwin B. Baldwin	11	100	188	53.2	17.1	1,342	7.1	122.0	16	7	133.8	8.5	3.7
Matt Knisely M. Knisely	11	19	58	32.8	5.3	306	5.3	27.8	2	3	78.1	3.4	5.2
Brad Maynard B. Maynard	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tony Nibbs T. Nibbs	11	221	20.1	1,210	5.5	110.0	3
Michael Blair M. Blair	11	157	14.3	814	5.2	74.0	11	167	947
Brent Baldwin B. Baldwin	11	68	6.2	44	0.6	4.0	0
Spencer Smith S. Smith	11	16	1.5	92	5.8	8.4	2	17	94
Jason Kent J. Kent	11	15	1.4	37	2.5	3.4	0
Matt Knisely M. Knisely	11	5	0.5	-5	-1.0	-0.5	0
Chris Phemster C. Phemster	11	2	0.2	11	5.5	1.0	0	3	11
Juan Gorman J. Gorman	11	2	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0	51	666
Marcus Harvey M. Harvey	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	3	40
James Terrell J. Terrell	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Brad Maynard B. Maynard	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0
Joe Reedy J. Reedy	11	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Juan Gorman J. Gorman	11	49	4.5	662	13.5	60.2	6	51	666
Brian Oliver B. Oliver	11	35	3.2	607	17.3	55.2	8
Michael Blair M. Blair	11	10	0.9	133	13.3	12.1	2	167	947
Ted Freeman T. Freeman	11	10	0.9	87	8.7	7.9	0
Ed Pearson E. Pearson	11	6	0.5	41	6.8	3.7	1
James Richardson J. Richardson	11	3	0.3	64	21.3	5.8	0
Marcus Harvey M. Harvey	11	2	0.2	38	19.0	3.5	0	3	40
Chris Asbrock C. Asbrock	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	1
Andy Price A. Price	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0
Spencer Smith S. Smith	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	17	94
Chris Phemster C. Phemster	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	11

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Marcellus Davis M. Davis	11	2	29	14.5
Grant Gray G. Gray	11	2	8	4
Raphael Ball R. Ball	11	1	36	36
Keith McKenzie K. McKenzie	11	1	15	15
Scott Kruger S. Kruger	11	1	1	1

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Brent Baldwin B. Baldwin	11	0		16			96
Michael Blair M. Blair	11	11	2	13			78
Brent Lockliear B. Lockliear	11				7	33	54
Juan Gorman J. Gorman	11	0	6	8			48
Brian Oliver B. Oliver	11		8	8			48
Tony Nibbs T. Nibbs	11	3		3			18
Matt Knisely M. Knisely	11	0		2			12
Spencer Smith S. Smith	11	2	0	2			12
Chris Asbrock C. Asbrock	11		1	1			6
Ed Pearson E. Pearson	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Juan Gorman J. Gorman	11	13	341	26.2	0	7	206	29.4	2
James Richardson J. Richardson	11	6	97	16.2	0	6	51	8.5	0
Marcus Harvey M. Harvey	11	7	168	24.0	0
Brian Oliver B. Oliver	11					4	80	20.0	0
Michael Blair M. Blair	11	3	51	17.0	0	1	9	9.0	0
Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	11	4	33	8.3	0
Tony Nibbs T. Nibbs	11	2	36	18.0	0
Chris Phemster C. Phemster	11	1	15	15.0	0
Cory Gilliard C. Gilliard	11	1	10	10.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Brent Lockliear B. Lockliear	11	7	9	77.8						33	35	94.3	54
	Michael Hutka M. Hutka	11									0	1	0.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brad Maynard B. Maynard	11	59	2,684	45.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333