Ball State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 5:49 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Ball State Cardinals will open their 2024 college football schedule on September 7, against Missouri State of the FCS. See below for more.

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2024 Ball State Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
Missouri State (FCS) September 7 | 2:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+)
@ Miami (FL) September 14 | 3:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ACC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Central Michigan September 21 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ James Madison September 28 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Western Michigan October 5 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Kent State October 12 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Vanderbilt October 19 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub SEC Network+
Northern Illinois October 26 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Miami (OH) November 5 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN Networks (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Buffalo November 12 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Bowling Green November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Ohio November 29 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA

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Ball State 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • Based on their opponents’ combined win total last year, the Cardinals will be facing the 97th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this season (62), Ball State has the 75th-ranked schedule in college football.
  • Using their MAC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Cardinals will be playing the 101st-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
  • Ball State will take on six teams this season that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule features three teams that ended with nine or more victories and three squads with less than four wins last year.
  • The Cardinals have six teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Ball State Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Cardinals sported the 17th-best defense last season in terms of total yards (315.6 yards allowed per game), but they ranked 12th-worst on the offensive side of the ball (308.1 yards per game).
  • Ball State was a bottom-25 scoring offense last season, ranking 12th-worst with 18.3 points per contest. On the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 55th in FBS (24.4 points allowed per game).
  • The Cardinals ranked sixth-worst in passing offense last season (136.6 passing yards per game), but they played better on defense, ranking 33rd with 204.3 passing yards allowed per game.
  • Ball State ranked 52nd in rushing yards last season (171.5 rushing yards per game), but it thrived on the defensive side of the ball, ranking 15th-best in FBS with 111.3 rushing yards allowed per game.
  • Ball State owned the 102nd-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at -5, forcing 11 turnovers (123rd in FBS) while turning it over 16 times (48th in FBS).

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