Ball State Cardinals college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Ball State are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Ball State Cardinals teams.

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Ball State football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Ball State football rankings
			Massey		Howell		Sorenson		TFS		Hatch		Loudsound		Jellyjuke		Squaregear		Entropy		CPI		Moore		Bihl		Sagedrive		Congrove		M Cubed
Season	Overall Rating	Record	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating
2021	0.353	6 - 7	99	6.02	86	0.48	103	-6263	89	131.87	90	0.31	86	33.41	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	100	65.14	91	-5.16	N/A	N/A	88	62.80	89	-1.35
2020	0.642	7 - 1	50	6.98	28	0.68	55	8052	N/A	N/A	27	0.65	N/A	N/A	8	1.35	3	0.66	22	59.31	9	0.11	10	88.92	4	17.19	N/A	N/A	100	55.32	7	1.68
2019	0.412	5 - 7	98	1.29	95	0.44	100	18159	100	126.82	97	0.31	102	30.33	95	-0.54	93	0.47	88	40.88	90	0.01	76	60.71	99	-6.86	94	0.38	91	23.70	99	-1.78
2018	0.340	4 - 8	115	1.12	108	0.35	114	8017	109	122.73	111	0.14	108	26.06	109	-0.99	108	0.43	115	30.24	104	0.00	112	51.58	113	-12.28	104	0.28	106	16.19	107	-2.42
2017	0.244	2 - 10	128	0.70	127	0.20	125	3928	127	109.33	129	-0.06	127	16.32	124	-1.56	126	0.37	128	19.89	123	0.00	128	38.45	127	-18.80	123	0.11	124	7.11	130	-4.33
2016	0.363	4 - 8	110	1.15	111	0.36	119	11327	117	119.86	107	0.22	105	27.16	114	-1.02	116	0.42	112	53.73	106	0.00	102	54.83	117	-12.37	114	0.25	100	19.62	107	-2.36
2015	0.360	3 - 9	102	1.09	104	0.34	105	11285	104	121.52	107	0.19	108	24.74	107	-1.05	107	0.42	106	49.22	106	0.00	112	46.89	107	-12.80	107	0.25	103	40.06	102	-2.21
2014	0.391	5 - 7	98	1.21	99	0.37	106	11773	104	122.84	102	0.25	99	28.36	94	-0.64	100	0.44	92	56.01	91	0.01	89	56.26	102	-9.38	96	0.32	93	26.22	102	-2.24
2013	0.530	10 - 3	76	1.44	50	0.61	66	15993	61	131.72	53	0.49	36	45.45	48	0.30	45	0.54	66	63.40	42	0.04	70	63.23	61	0.68	37	0.65	28	54.41	27	0.58
2012	0.523	9 - 4	64	1.58	50	0.62	54	22763	53	90.32	41	0.54	38	46.67	36	0.53	35	0.57	72	64.72	30	0.05	73	60.86	57	2.68	33	0.68	43	45.60	25	0.73
2011	0.423	6 - 6	85	1.33	81	0.45	84	18389	84	79.54	79	0.37	75	36.01	73	-0.23	73	0.50	84	63.76	71	0.02	101	53.05	80	-3.46	69	0.48	74	29.11	65	-0.07
2010	0.297	4 - 8	108	0.95	110	0.28	109	8305	109	63.78	111	0.13	107	23.12	108	-1.15	109	0.39	109	56.13	98	0.00	105	47.53	110	-15.29	108	0.20	98	17.88	116	-2.27
2009	0.262	2 - 10	113	0.85	116	0.22	118	7288	118	60.40	114	0.10	116	16.89	113	-1.41	118	0.36	117	52.47	114	0.00	102	50.51	115	-17.35	118	0.08	110	9.53	115	-2.03
2008	0.579	12 - 2	63	1.62	24	0.69	49	26599	44	94.85	43	0.54	19	51.24	16	0.90	16	0.60	47	74.57	17	0.07	65	64.49	33	6.24	13	0.81	14	60.04	15	1.09
2007	0.442	7 - 6	78	1.35	68	0.52	76	18309	76	79.44	78	0.35	69	35.44	65	-0.08	73	0.49	70	72.82	62	0.02	80	60.07	75	-2.39	67	0.47	66	33.12	69	-0.20
2006	0.396	5 - 7	83	1.34	81	0.41	88	16485	85	76.00	86	0.29	86	30.19	76	-0.41	94	0.44	81	65.23	75	0.01	68	63.39	82	-5.79	89	0.34	76	26.09	85	-0.70
2005	0.398	4 - 7	87	1.39	92	0.40	90	19875	90	82.33	87	0.31	92	28.87	79	-0.33	82	0.48	83	61.20	88	0.01	100	51.19	83	-3.22	82	0.40	94	20.08	77	-0.33
2004	0.262	2 - 9	112	0.72	115	0.25	114	9323	114	67.22	113	0.11	116	17.67	115	-1.39	115	0.37	115	43.77	113	0.00	101	47.76	115	-18.70	114	0.12	112	9.28	103	-1.43
2003	0.356	4 - 8	95	1.12	91	0.37	94	16104	94	75.20	95	0.23	86	29.88	89	-0.70	87	0.46	94	58.00	86	0.01	108	44.07	93	-8.11	89	0.34	93	17.85	89	-0.77
2002	0.422	6 - 6	80	1.26	74	0.43	77	15751	81	105.56	80	0.32	71	34.71	71	-0.35	70	0.48	79	64.54	68	0.01	94	49.58	74	-4.18	70	0.44	74	29.75	68	-0.21
2001	0.405	5 - 6	90	1.26	88	0.39	92	17706	95	104.17	83	0.33	86	30.80	73	-0.24	84	0.46	88	57.60	77	0.01	94	47.92	81	-4.08	84	0.37	76	27.60	94	-1.88
2000	0.409	5 - 6	93	1.04	85	0.39	90	17579	87	104.00	86	0.30	73	34.38	62	-0.03	73	0.48	92	57.67	65	0.01	101	44.67	69	-1.84	73	0.43	79	23.15	62	-0.04
1999	0.182	0 - 11	112	0.63	113	0.13	113	5844	114	71.10	113	-0.08	113	8.08	114	-2.02	113	0.31	113	30.36	109	0.00	112	35.00	114	-23.79	113	-0.06	112	0.00	111	-3.16
1998	0.224	1 - 10	109	0.76	110	0.17	109	-10444	110	75.28	110	0.00	109	13.80	109	-1.57	110	0.35	109	43.21	109	0.00	107	42.00	110	-19.26	110	0.05	110	5.62	108	-2.16
1997	0.388	5 - 6	83	1.28	75	0.41	93	-8313	80	91.50	80	0.31	77	31.65	77	-0.51	74	0.46	86	58.49	73	0.01	63	60.00	80	-7.03	73	0.39	71	34.50	71	-0.50
1996	0.465	8 - 4	69	1.49	50	0.54	76	211	73	94.06	61	0.42	44	41.02	51	0.02	47	0.52	70	64.42	43	0.03	65	60.00	66	-2.35	45	0.56	36	52.71	52	0.11
1995	0.474	7 - 4	71	1.45	49	0.56	57	2419	55	100.76	51	0.47	40	42.81	50	0.15	46	0.53	61	68.97	41	0.03	89	51.00	58	-0.39	45	0.59	61	42.52	63	-0.36
1994	0.361	5 - 5 - 1	94	1.04	80	0.41	93	-9108	92	85.20	81	0.29	66	33.25	67	-0.31	70	0.47	92	53.10	64	0.01	89	50.00	79	-7.31	66	0.41	81	12.01	64	-0.23
1993	0.438	8 - 3 - 1	79	1.18	47	0.54	81	-1966	73	94.34	56	0.42	35	41.77	36	0.26	35	0.53	83	55.78	29	0.04	79	55.00	62	-1.84	35	0.60	71	12.21	31	0.49
1992	0.403	5 - 6	92	1.15	84	0.40	92	-3075	86	89.72	72	0.36	66	32.72	67	-0.26	72	0.47	96	66.57	69	0.01	97	48.00	82	-5.50	72	0.41	N/A	N/A	52	-0.01
1991	0.420	6 - 5	79	1.26	64	0.47	80	-1612	77	91.63	63	0.39	62	35.06	64	-0.25	62	0.49	83	63.44	54	0.02	88	51.00	76	-5.34	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	60	-0.18
1990	0.401	7 - 4	84	1.12	58	0.49	95	-10748	90	86.15	65	0.36	55	37.68	63	-0.28	59	0.49	83	56.64	54	0.02	88	52.00	84	-7.62	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	73	-0.53
1989	0.425	7 - 3 - 2	80	1.03	57	0.50	76	-5122	75	92.13	69	0.36	40	40.66	55	-0.04	50	0.51	80	54.76	39	0.03	81	53.00	69	-3.21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	32	0.63
1988	0.465	8 - 3	75	1.20	45	0.57	79	-5698	73	93.37	51	0.46	37	43.51	41	0.17	37	0.55	72	69.90	30	0.05	85	52.00	63	-3.23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	36	0.39
1987	0.344	4 - 7	95	0.91	94	0.34	91	-10099	96	81.80	92	0.20	88	24.99	78	-0.59	91	0.42	92	59.87	82	0.00	89	49.00	88	-9.76	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	91	-1.68
1986	0.365	6 - 5	95	0.74	77	0.41	96	-10417	90	85.61	81	0.28	68	33.66	66	-0.31	69	0.47	90	53.54	69	0.01	98	45.00	83	-8.56	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	71	-0.82
1985	0.338	4 - 7	103	0.60	94	0.34	93	-8858	95	84.91	92	0.21	87	27.40	81	-0.60	85	0.44	100	58.06	86	0.00	104	42.00	90	-9.37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	77	-0.98
1984	0.312	3 - 8	103	0.66	104	0.29	98	-9742	102	81.24	103	0.11	93	22.97	85	-0.66	90	0.42	103	54.71	91	0.00	110	38.00	94	-10.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	90	-1.44
1983	0.419	6 - 5	91	1.05	70	0.46	89	-6643	79	94.97	52	0.42	57	35.70	54	-0.06	55	0.51	75	67.70	54	0.02	108	40.00	70	-3.21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	44	0.27
1982	0.350	5 - 6	107	0.78	91	0.37	108	-13278	109	79.07	91	0.25	78	31.45	84	-0.49	83	0.45	104	59.39	78	0.01	99	48.00	98	-10.76	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	73	-0.58
1981	0.332	4 - 7	121	0.75	117	0.35	128	-13232	129	77.90	114	0.21	114	25.85	111	-0.78	114	0.42	104	64.11	106	0.00	117	46.00	121	-11.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	107	-1.14
1980	0.434	6 - 5	92	1.07	74	0.53	104	-5748	105	91.82	71	0.41	72	36.20	69	0.01	65	0.50	82	63.00	64	0.02	70	58.00	91	-3.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	52	0.25
1979	0.440	6 - 5	81	1.16	72	0.55	99	-5226	92	95.21	84	0.36	N/A	N/A	85	-0.19	73	0.49	87	62.99	66	0.02	60	60.00	94	-4.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	73	-0.10
1978	0.583	10 - 1	49	1.50	12	0.78	48	3359	51	106.04	24	0.64	10	53.65	8	1.30	10	0.61	49	73.43	8	0.08	54	62.00	30	7.42	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1.43
1977	0.520	9 - 2	65	1.37	38	0.69	94	-2787	77	100.51	49	0.53	21	49.28	35	0.67	32	0.57	68	65.47	32	0.05	41	66.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	39	0.62
1976	0.479	8 - 3	84	1.16	55	0.57	57	1681	78	99.47	69	0.43	41	41.86	31	0.72	41	0.54	82	63.23	44	0.03	61	61.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	46	0.31
1975	0.572	9 - 2	47	1.41	28	0.73	33	5955	36	109.99	29	0.62	17	51.45	14	1.12	16	0.60	36	74.14	11	0.09	65	61.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	1.36