Ball State extends Neu through 2025 season
Football coach Mike Neu was among four Ball State coaches to receive extensions, as his deal was pushed through the 2025 season. In addition, AD Beth Goetz was extended through 2027.
2021 Schedule
2021 Schedule
1st in MAC - West
Bill Connelly's mega offseason previews: MAC West
Bill Connelly breaks down the MAC West division and if Ball State and Toledo can find more success than they did in 2020.
From DeVonta Smith to Buddy Johnson, the 2020-21 college football All-Bowl team
Here are the best players at every position from this year's bowl season.
College football bowl game schedule: Scores, recaps, games
The College Football Playoff crowned its next champion in Miami. Take a look at the rest of the CFP and bowl season.
College football bowl picks: Predicting the score of every game
Adam Rittenberg predicts the winners and final scores of every bowl game, including the College Football Playoff.
Connelly: Favorite players and wild stats from the 2020 college football season
The best players, moments and eye-popping stats from the college football season.
Ball State topples Buffalo en route to MAC crown
Powered by Drew Plitt's three touchdown passes, Ball State defeated Buffalo on Friday night to win the MAC championship in Detroit.
Ball State contains Patterson, tops Buffalo 38-28 to win MAC
— Drew Plitt threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the first half, and Ball State kept Buffalo star Jaret Patterson under control in a 38-28 victory over the 23rd-ranked Bulls on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference title game.
Headlined by the ACC and SEC, conference championship week is here
One of the strangest college football seasons is finally at its conference championship weeks and the storylines are plentiful. Notre Dame as ACC champion? Can Florida push Alabama? How will Saturday impact the CFP? All this and more.
Ball St.'s top RB opts out of MAC title game
- Ball State will be without top running back Caleb Huntley for Friday's Mid-American Conference championship game after he announced Sunday was opting out of the rest of this season.
The cleat, the kick and the game that just defined this college football season
Saturday's biggest throw came from a cornerback ... throwing a shoe. And that wasn't even the day's wildest ending (thanks, MACtion).
Ball State wins MAC West, survives wild last play by WMU
— Ball State reached the Mid-American Conference championship game with a 30-27 victory over Western Michigan that ended with a wild series of laterals, the Cardinals prematurely rushing the field and a potential winning touchdown that was wiped out...
Touchdown or not ... this is the wildest ending to a football game you will ever see (1:52)
Plitt throws 4 TD passes in Ball St. win over C. Michigan
— Drew Plitt threw for 366 yards and accounted for five touchdowns and Ball State overwhelmed Central Michigan 45-20 on Saturday.
Ball St. defense makes last stand to thwart Toledo in win
— Drew Plitt threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns and Tye Evans ran for 101 yards and Ball State held off Toledo for a 27-24 win on Saturday.
MACtion is back! Most interesting storylines and latest SP+ projections
The MAC and its glorious mid-week games have returned. We take one final look at the conference before its seven-week sprint kicks off.
'MACtion' kicks off conference's six-game slate
The Twitter phenomenon known as "MACtion" will be in play during November as the Mid-American Conference released a six-game, league-only football schedule that will feature only midweek games for the first three weeks.
MAC to kick off six-game football season Nov. 4
The Mid-American Conference will play a six-game, conference-only football schedule beginning on Nov. 4.
MAC presidents delay vote on fall football
No decision was made on a possible fall football season for the Mid-American Conference during Saturday's meeting of conference presidents, commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a statement.
MAC is first FBS to nix fall football, eyes spring
The Mid-American Conference on Saturday became the first FBS conference to postpone the fall football season amid the coronavirus pandemic and will instead look to play in the spring.
Cyclones add Ball State to 2020 schedule
Iowa State has added Ball State to its 2020 football schedule to replace the canceled Cy-Hawk Series game at Iowa.
College football offseason preview: MAC West
Bill Connelly rounds out his MACtion preview with a look at the West Division, home to Jim McElwain and the Central Michigan Chippewas.
Which college football coaches are already on the hot seat for 2020?
We examine each Power 5 conference and take a look at the Group of 5 to determine the coaches entering win-or-else seasons.
Ball State with 4 TDs in second half, beats Miami (Ohio) 41-27
Caleb Huntley ran for three touchdowns and Ball State scored 27 points in the second half to beat Miami (Ohio) 41-27 on Friday.
Crum leads Kent State to 41-38 win over Ball State
Dustin Crum passed for 369 yards and ran for another 101, Matthew Trickett kicked a 22-yard field goal with 19 seconds remaining and Kent State defeated Ball State 41-38 on Saturday.
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2020 MAC Standings
| EAST | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 5-0 | 6-1 |
| Kent State | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Miami (OH) | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Ohio | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Akron | 1-5 | 1-5 |
| Bowling Green | 0-5 | 0-5 |
| WEST | CONF | OVR |
| Ball State | 5-1 | 7-1 |
| Western Michigan | 4-2 | 4-2 |
| Toledo | 4-2 | 4-2 |
| Central Michigan | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| Eastern Michigan | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| Northern Illinois | 0-6 | 0-6 |
Team Stats
Passing Yards269.333rd
Rushing Yards178.056th
Points For34.326th
Points Against25.8Tied-85th
2022 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaden Cobb | QB-DT | Committed | 78 |
| Dakari Frazier | DE | Committed | 43 |
| DeJuan Echoles | OLB | Committed | 43 |
| Mason Moore | WR | Committed | 43 |
| Danny Royster | OLB | Committed | 43 |