Ball State Cardinals
mens
MAC
canonical name from espn_mbb
Ratings · 2026
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 0.99 | points per possession | 0.14 |
| DE | 1.12 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| ME | -0.13 | points per possession | 0.19 |
| PACE | 63.66 | possessions per game | 4.71 |
At season 2026's latest cutoff
(2026-04-07 00:50),
with 29 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up show · hidden
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2026.
Axis spans 0.66 to 1.28 over
68 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjOE_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played. The warm-up stretch is hidden — the toggle
above brings it back.
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2026
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 19 | 0.387 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | Ball State | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | 2026 | Central Michigan @ Ball State | 69–85 | regular |
| 2026-03-04 | 2026 | Ball State @ Western Michigan | 74–71 | regular |
| 2026-02-28 | 2026 | Ball State @ Northern Illinois | 79–43 | regular |
| 2026-02-25 | 2026 | Massachusetts @ Ball State | 73–74 | regular |
| 2026-02-20 | 2026 | Akron @ Ball State | 78–65 | regular |
| 2026-02-18 | 2026 | Ball State @ Ohio | 57–69 | regular |
| 2026-02-14 | 2026 | Kent State @ Ball State | 75–68 | regular |
| 2026-02-12 | 2026 | Buffalo @ Ball State | 63–53 | regular |
| 2026-02-07 | 2026 | Ball State @ UL Monroe | 73–68 | regular |
| 2026-02-04 | 2026 | Ball State @ Bowling Green | 52–77 | regular |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026 | Ball State @ Toledo | 55–73 | regular |
| 2026-01-24 | 2026 | Northern Illinois @ Ball State | 53–58 | regular |
| 2026-01-21 | 2026 | Ball State @ Central Michigan | 68–67 | regular |
| 2026-01-17 | 2026 | Ohio @ Ball State | 71–76 | regular |
| 2026-01-14 | 2026 | Ball State @ Akron | 77–87 | regular |
| 2026-01-10 | 2026 | Ball State @ Massachusetts | 71–79 | regular |
| 2026-01-07 | 2026 | Eastern Michigan @ Ball State | 74–52 | regular |
| 2026-01-03 | 2026 | Ball State @ Buffalo | 72–85 | regular |
| 2025-12-30 | 2026 | Earlham College @ Ball State | 30–93 | non_d1 |
| 2025-12-20 | 2026 | Miami (OH) @ Ball State | 86–77 | regular |
| 2025-12-14 | 2026 | Ball State @ Campbell | 64–69 | regular |
| 2025-12-10 | 2026 | South Dakota State @ Ball State | 68–64 | regular |
| 2025-12-04 | 2026 | Ball State @ Evansville | 52–64 | regular |
| 2025-11-30 | 2026 | Le Moyne @ Ball State N | 85–96 | regular |
| 2025-11-29 | 2026 | Ball State @ Lafayette | 37–55 | regular |
| 2025-11-28 | 2026 | Monmouth @ Ball State N | 80–73 | regular |
| 2025-11-23 | 2026 | Ball State @ Indiana State | 52–70 | regular |
| 2025-11-16 | 2026 | Little Rock @ Ball State | 68–62 | regular |
| 2025-11-12 | 2026 | Ball State @ Wisconsin | 55–86 | regular |
| 2025-11-08 | 2026 | Mansfield @ Ball State | 54–84 | non_d1 |
| 2025-11-04 | 2026 | Louisiana @ Ball State | 64–75 | regular |