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Ball State

Your complete Ball State season intelligence view.

Five offensive starters and a rebuilt quarterback room can improve the scoring floor, but low snapback and only two defensive starters keep the range wide.

MPR #134Projected Wins #130MAC MPR #12Week 1 Ready
Matrix Power Rating-24.9National #134
Projected Wins2.90National #130
Schedule Strength#115National SOS rank
Projected Offense17.1Points per game
Projected Defense31.1Points allowed
Point Differential-14.0Projected per game
Current Context

What Changed

Reviewed State

No Week 0 game has been played for this team. Current MPR and projected wins remain the approved preseason team state entering Week 1.

Week 0 ResultNo game
MPR-24.9 → -24.9
Projected Wins2.90 → 2.90
Model update note

No new game evidence has entered the team update gate yet.

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Outcome Range

Season Distribution

The detailed record distribution remains the certified preseason baseline until the full game-by-game probability cascade is refreshed.

Preseason Outcome ShapeBaseline distribution
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The gold bar is the baseline mode (3 wins). This component is explicitly separated from the current headline state and will switch to the refreshed distribution when the full probability cascade is updated.
Season Market Context · 2026-08-08
Preseason Comparison Layer

Market context stays separate from MPR and projected wins. This snapshot is retained as comparison context and does not define team strength.

Posted Total3.5
Effective Market3.57
Adjusted Edge-0.67
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Game by Game

2026 Schedule Matrix

Remaining game rows preserve the approved preseason game-level projection baseline until the next full schedule-probability cascade.

DateOpponentWin %Score / ResultMarginTotalConfidenceType
SEP 5Ohio StateAway · Nonconference0%Win %4–46Baseline score-42.0Margin49.1TotalHighFBSOpponent
SEP 12Stony BrookHome · Nonconference — FCS36%Win %22–28Baseline score-5.4Margin50.3TotalLowFCS/Other ProxyOpponent
SEP 19LibertyAway · Nonconference7%Win %16–38Baseline score-21.7Margin53.4TotalMediumFBSOpponent
SEP 26Kent StateAway · MAC30%Win %21–29Baseline score-8.0Margin50.0TotalMediumFBSOpponent
OCT 3ToledoHome · MAC22%Win %17–29Baseline score-11.7Margin46.3TotalLowFBSOpponent
OCT 10NorthwesternAway · Nonconference2%Win %7–39Baseline score-32.3Margin46.4TotalHighFBSOpponent
OCT 17Bowling GreenAway · MAC17%Win %16–30Baseline score-14.4Margin45.4TotalLowFBSOpponent
OCT 24Sacramento StateHome · MAC50%Win %25–26Baseline score-0.0Margin50.9TotalLowFBSOpponent
NOV 4MassachusettsAway · MAC58%Win %26–23Baseline score+3.2Margin49.2TotalLowFBSOpponent
NOV 11BuffaloHome · MAC23%Win %17–28Baseline score-10.9Margin45.8TotalMediumFBSOpponent
NOV 17OhioAway · MAC18%Win %15–29Baseline score-13.8Margin43.4TotalLowFBSOpponent
NOV 28Central MichiganHome · MAC24%Win %18–29Baseline score-10.7Margin47.6TotalMediumFBSOpponent
Data-vintage safeguard: current MPR and projected wins above are the approved Week 1 team-state values. Detailed distribution and remaining schedule probabilities are explicitly labeled as baseline where the full probability cascade has not yet been refreshed.
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