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Ball State Cardinals

1-5 · 3-3 ATS · 5-1 O/U

2026 seasonNo. 132 of 138
Offense
Overall rankNo. 114
Points / game18.3No. 125
Yards / game308No. 126
Pass yds / game190No. 105
Rush yds / game118No. 121
Defense
Overall rankNo. 129
Points allowed / game39.0No. 134
Yards allowed / game467No. 133
Yards / play allowed6.9
Penalty yds / game72No. 119
Units
Offensive lineNo. 121
Defensive lineNo. 122
Special teamsNo. 47
Turnover margin-2
Season
Projected record4-8
Schedule so far-0.9No. 47
Schedule left-15.7No. 138
Luck+0.1
FuturesFanDuel · Oct 13
Conference
Win the MAC+17500
Playoff
Make the playoff-
National title
Win it all-

2026 games

DateOpponentResultLineATSO/UYPPOpp YPPTO
Sep 5@ Ohio StateL 3-56+50.5Lo55.52.89.31-1
Sep 12Stony BrookW 41-17-13.5Wo52.57.15.21-2
Sep 19@ LibertyL 15-51+14.5Lo49.54.77.21-1
Sep 26@ Kent StateL 13-26+2.5Lu51.53.95.20-0
Oct 3ToledoL 24-39+20.5Wo52.56.06.42-0Recap
Oct 10@ NorthwesternL 14-45+34.5Wo53.54.67.91-0Recap

Schedule

DateOpponentOpp recordLineTotal
Oct 17@ Bowling Green2-4+6.545.5
Oct 24Sacramento State1-5--
Nov 4@ Massachusetts4-2--
Nov 11Buffalo3-3--
Nov 17@ Ohio4-2--
Nov 28Central Michigan3-3--

Fantasy usage

PlayerGTouch/GCar/GTgt/GTgt%PPR/GHalf/G
Jabari Smith36.70.36.711%17.114.0
TJ Horton68.87.22.27%12.011.2
Jalen Bonds48.06.02.05%12.011.0
Keldric Luster58.28.20.00%11.411.4
Donovan Hamilton63.70.05.318%9.27.4
Jamarion McDougle53.80.25.816%8.16.3
Isaiah Thacker43.80.55.011%6.24.6
Johnny Thompson Jr.66.85.22.07%4.33.4
Tate Hoover51.80.21.23%3.72.9
Elisha Durham31.30.01.32%3.62.9

Per-game averages over every game on file. PPR: 1 per catch, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, 6 per touchdown, 0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, -2 per interception. Half is half-PPR. Tgt% is the share of the team's targets.

Season leaders

Passing
PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTG
Keldric Luster103/160871645
Tyler Mizzell23/38260106
Mason Atkins1/110001
Rushing
PlayerCarYdsAvgTDG
TJ Horton433117.256
Jalen Bonds241265.224
Johnny Thompson Jr.31892.906
Keldric Luster41641.605
Tyler Mizzell19291.506
Ace Cooper4246.003
Receiving
PlayerTgtRecYdsTDG
Donovan Hamilton322227316
Jabari Smith201919623
Jamarion McDougle291816315
Isaiah Thacker201311204
Jalen Bonds889314
Johnny Thompson Jr.12106806
Elisha Durham446803
Tate Hoover683715
Defense
PlayerTklSacksTFLG
Sterling Smith37016
Kaleb Stewart311.51.56
Quentavius Scandrett2601.56
Will Yates26006
Cincear Lewis26006
Anthony Pinnace2513.56
Gavin Forsha24136
Lucas Szymborski17014

Line, ATS and O/U are from the closing number, from Ball State's side. YPP is yards per play. TO is turnovers, theirs then the opponent's. Schedule lines show once a book posts them. Overall offense and defense ranks are adjusted for opponent (points and yards per play against the defenses and offenses faced). Offensive line, defensive line and special teams are season rankings built from the play log and the kicking and return tables (line yards, sack and stuff rates, short-yardage conversions; field goals, punting and returns for and against). Schedule so far and left are the average rating of those opponents (points better or worse than an average team), ranked so No. 1 is the hardest. Luck is wins minus the wins this team's points scored and allowed would normally produce. See every team.

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