Ball St Cardinals

Only ten Division I teams went under more often than the Cardinals in 2025-26: 20 unders, 9 overs. Ball State scored 67.52 points a game, and 27 teams scored fewer.

Low totals, and still under

Ball State games went under. The Cardinals averaged 67.52 points and allowed 69.48, and 20 of 29 lined totals stayed below the number. From 16 January to 20 February the under hit ten games in a row, with totals between 137.5 and 147.5. The low scores are in the record: 37 in a 55-37 loss at Lafayette in November, 52 at home against Eastern Michigan, 53 at home against Buffalo.

A losing moneyline

The Cardinals went 12-19, and one unit on them every priced game lost 9.39 units over 29 games. Most of it went in the first two months: November and December together were 4-9 and cost 7.42. As underdogs they went 5-15 for 8.33 units lost, though they covered 11 of those 20. As favorites they won five of nine and covered three.

The three shortest-priced losses were all close prices: Little Rock at -140 and Eastern Michigan at -120 at home, Lafayette at -130 on the road.

How it finished

Ball State won its last four, and covered all four: 74-73 over Massachusetts at +160, 79-43 at Northern Illinois at +110, then Western Michigan and Central Michigan. February had already turned the spread record, 5-3 against the number in a 3-5 month, and March added 1.72 moneyline units. The longest price that came in was earlier, 76-71 over Ohio at +190 in January.

At home the Cardinals were 7-7 and covered 7 of 12; away they were 4-11 and covered 6 of 15. Akron won both meetings, but Ball State covered both, getting 20.5 and 13.5.

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