NCAAF 09/11 12:00 1 Ball State v Libertay L 23-27
NCAAF 09/02 12:00 1 Ball State v SE Missouri St W 27-10
NCAAF 11/24 12:00 1 Western Michigan v Ball State W 17-22
NCAAF 11/18 12:00 1 Ball State v Central Michigan L 3-35
NCAAF 11/12 12:00 1 Northern Illinois v Ball State L 26-20
NCAAF 10/31 12:00 1 Ball State v Ohio L 17-20
NCAAF 10/24 12:00 1 Eastern Michigan v Ball State W 27-29
NCAAF 10/17 12:00 1 Ball State v Bowling Green L 17-31
NCAAF 10/10 12:00 1 Temple v Ball State L 24-19
NCAAF 09/26 12:00 1 Auburn v Ball State L 54-30
NCAAF 09/19 12:00 1 Army v Ball State L 24-17
NCAAF 09/12 12:00 1 Ball State v New Hampshire L 16-23
NCAAF 09/03 12:00 1 Ball State v North Texas L 10-20
NCAAF - Bowl Games 01/06 12:00 320 Ball State v Tulsa L 13-45
NCAAF 12/05 12:00 1 Ball State v Buffalo L 24-42
NCAAF 11/25 12:00 1 Ball State v Western Michigan W 45-22
NCAAF 11/19 12:00 1 Central Michigan v Ball State W 24-31
NCAAF 11/11 12:00 1 Miami Ohio v Ball State W 16-31
NCAAF 11/05 12:00 1 Ball State v Northern Illinois W 45-14
NCAAF 10/25 12:00 1 Ball State v Eastern Michigan W 38-16
NCAAF 10/11 12:00 1 Western Kentucky v Ball State W 7-24
NCAAF 10/04 12:00 1 Toledo v Ball State W 0-31
NCAAF 09/27 12:00 1 Ball State v Kent State W 41-20
NCAAF 09/20 12:00 1 Indiana v Ball State W 20-42
NCAAF 09/13 12:00 1 Akron v Ball State W 24-41
NCAAF 09/05 12:00 1 Ball State v Navy W 35-23
NCAAF - Bowl Games 01/05 12:00 386 Ball State v Rutgers L 30-52
NCAAF 11/24 12:00 1 Northern Illinois v Ball State W 21-27
NCAAF 11/13 12:00 1 Ball State v Toledo W 41-20
NCAAF 11/03 12:00 1 Indiana v Ball State L 38-20

The Ball State Cardinals football team is a college football program representing Ball State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football. Mike Neu is the head coach. Ball State plays its home games at Scheumann Stadium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals compete in the Mid-American Conference as a member of the West Division.

The Cardinals have a 476–455–32 record, which ranks below the top 50 most victories among NCAA FBS programs. Ball State was originally classified as a teacher's college, participating in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) from 1937 until 1956. In 1957, they were classified as a Small College school until 1972. Ball State received Division II classification in 1973, before becoming a Division I-AA program in 1975 and a Division I-A (now FBS) program in 1981, dropping to Division I-AA for a single season (1982) before returning to Division I-A.