Ball State Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	11	268	3,764	806	4.7	1,811	501	3.6	1,953	305	6.4	220	109	90	90	52	463
Team Rank		77th	88th	55th	98th	54th	23rd	75th	89th	86th	82nd	60th	29th	84th	84th	4th	8th
Opponent	11	296	3,991		5.3	1,681	389	4.3	2,310	362	6.4	211	92	107	107	65	595
Opponent Rank		69th	49th		66th	62nd	24th	86th	48th	67th	34th	43rd	59th	59th	59th	104th	91st
Net		-28	-227	+806	-0.6	+130	+112	-0.7	-357	-57	+0.0	+9	+17	-17	-17	-13	-132
Net Rank		77th	75th	55th	91st	52nd	17th	89th	86th	92nd	63rd	56th	36th	88th	88th	33rd	23rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Talmadge Hill T. Hill	11	159	301	52.8	27.4	1,953	6.5	177.5	13	15	111.6	4.3	5.0
Brian Conn B. Conn	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Andy Roesch A. Roesch	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	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
Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	10	268	26.8	1,244	4.6	124.4	12	272	1,260
Talmadge Hill T. Hill	11	98	8.9	79	0.8	7.2	1
Scott Blair S. Blair	6	53	8.8	208	3.9	34.7	2
Jason Teeters J. Teeters	9	48	5.3	244	5.1	27.1	2	49	246
Scott Volk S. Volk	9	9	1.0	64	7.1	7.1	0	16	162
Johnny Short J. Short	3	8	2.7	18	2.3	6.0	0
Sean Schembra S. Schembra	11	3	0.3	5	1.7	0.5	0	38	437
Brian Conn B. Conn	1	3	3.0	-4	-1.3	-4.0	0
Jamar Cottee J. Cottee	11	2	0.2	-1	-0.5	-0.1	0	26	318
Reggie Hodges R. Hodges	11	1	0.1	-12	-12.0	-1.1	0
Billy Lynch B. Lynch	10	1	0.1	-17	-17.0	-1.7	0	41	402

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Billy Lynch B. Lynch	10	40	4.0	419	10.5	41.9	2	41	402
Sean Schembra S. Schembra	11	35	3.2	432	12.3	39.3	3	38	437
Jamar Cottee J. Cottee	11	24	2.2	319	13.3	29.0	3	26	318
Jon Eckert J. Eckert	7	16	2.3	217	13.6	31.0	1
Corey Parchman C. Parchman	9	12	1.3	194	16.2	21.6	1
Tim Streit T. Streit	8	10	1.3	131	13.1	16.4	1
David Westbrook D. Westbrook	3	9	3.0	121	13.4	40.3	1
Scott Volk S. Volk	9	7	0.8	98	14.0	10.9	0	16	162
Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	10	4	0.4	16	4.0	1.6	1	272	1,260
Brent Walker B. Walker	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0
Jason Teeters J. Teeters	9	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	49	246

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Jesse Avant J. Avant	3	2	97	48.5	1
Steve Monson S. Monson	3	2	9	4.5	0
Quentin Manley Q. Manley	1	1	49	49	0
Jade Winchell J. Winchell	1	1	33	33	0
Justin Beriault J. Beriault	1	1	0	0	0
Alger Boswell A. Boswell	1	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Marcus Merriweather M. Merriweather	10	12	1	13			0	78
Mike Langford M. Langford	7			0	6	21	0	39
Corey Parchman C. Parchman	9		1	3			1	20
Jamar Cottee J. Cottee	11	0	3	3			0	18
Sean Schembra S. Schembra	11	0	3	3			0	18
Thomas Pucke T. Pucke	3			0	3	8	0	17
Billy Lynch B. Lynch	10	0	2	2			1	14
Scott Blair S. Blair	6	2		2			0	12
Jason Teeters J. Teeters	9	2	0	2			0	12
Tim Streit T. Streit	8		1	1			1	8
Jesse Avant J. Avant	3			1			0	6
Rachman Crable R. Crable	1			1			0	6
Jon Eckert J. Eckert	7		1	1			0	6
Talmadge Hill T. Hill	11	1		1			0	6
David Westbrook D. Westbrook	3		1	1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Sean Schembra S. Schembra	11	17	326	19.2	0
Corey Parchman C. Parchman	9	15	465	31.0	2
Billy Lynch B. Lynch	10	1	16	16.0	0	14	68	4.9	0
Scott Volk S. Volk	9	3	38	12.7	0
Jesse Avant J. Avant	3	2	45	22.5	0
Tommy Schembra T. Schembra	1					1	13	13.0	0
Steve Monson S. Monson	3					1	5	5.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Langford M. Langford	7	6	6	100.0						21	21	100.0	39
	Thomas Pucke T. Pucke	3	3	8	37.5						8	8	100.0	17

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Reggie Hodges R. Hodges	11	60	2,481	41.4

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

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

524.6

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	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
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