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Ball State

3–8 FBS · Mid-American · 2025
Rating
−16.1
Rank
131
Résumé
115
Our picks
5–6
Expected wins · what our pregame odds said the games were worth
2.6expected wins · finished 3–8
Bowl (6+)2%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

3–8 against 2.6 expected wins. Second-order wins — the record their play deserved — put them at 2.0.

Ranking by week151025Wk 0Wk 7Wk 14Wk 23
Ours 131stFinal

Luck & what-ifs

2025 final
One-score record
2–1
decided by 8 or fewer
Wins vs expected
+0.4
3–8 vs 2.6
One-score games flipped
2–9
what-if record
Turnover margin
−3
expected +1.5

Luck: +1.0 wins versus the record their play deserved. Banked wins keep; the pace is what regresses.

ConjPWR profile

2025 final · 133rd · −21.6 pts vs avg
What repeats — the ratingvs averagepts / game
Offense efficiency−6.2136th
Offense play value−7.0134th
Defense efficiency−3.1122nd
Defense play value−2.197th
Drive finishing−2.1132nd
Field position−1.1118th
What doesn't — luckvs averagepts / game
Ball security0.062nd
Third-down conversion−0.0116th

Points per game vs an average team, opponent-adjusted and weighted by how much the factor repeats — the tagged luck factors are already discounted to near zero. Luck added +0.9 pts/game to results; in CFB that pace regresses.

Hidden game

special teams · disruption · style
Special teams EPA / game
−1.4
113th
Havoc rate
9.1%
106th
Rush rate over expected
+9.2%
14th · run-leaning

The pieces the ConjPWR factors don't cover: kicking-game value, defensive disruption, and run/pass lean (style, not quality).

Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom
−0.200.00+0.20FBS averageKansas StateIowa StateKansasFresno StateWestern KentuckySam HoustonHawai'iStanfordSouth FloridaBoise StateRutgersOhioAkronWyomingNC StateEast CarolinaUCFJacksonville StateMinnesotaBuffaloCincinnatiNebraskaWisconsinMiami (OH)Michigan StateWestern MichiganCharlotteApp StateWake ForestKennesaw StateBaylorAuburnColoradoGeorgia TechUNLVSan José StateCentral MichiganMarylandFlorida AtlanticPurdueTennesseeSyracuseSouthern MissMississippi StateOhio StateTexasTulaneNorthwesternKentuckyToledoIndianaOld DominionPenn StateNevadaFlorida StateAlabamaMassachusettsTempleGeorgiaMarshallVirginiaCoastal CarolinaTexas A&MUTSAUtah StateUTEPClemsonLSUMichiganNew MexicoUSCMissouri StateOle MissGeorgia StateLouisianaRiceTexas StateEastern MichiganGeorgia SouthernOregon StateCaliforniaArizonaWashingtonColorado StateUCLAUtahSouth CarolinaVirginia TechMiamiNotre DameNorth CarolinaTCULouisvilleJames MadisonNorthern IllinoisPittsburghFlorida InternationalIowaDukeIllinoisLibertyUConnTexas TechKent StateSMUDelawareTroyMissouriBowling GreenOregonOklahoma StateNorth TexasNavyUABMiddle TennesseeWest VirginiaFloridaArkansasArkansas StateMemphisArmySouth AlabamaHoustonVanderbiltLouisiana TechOklahomaArizona StateBoston CollegeUL MonroeNew Mexico StateTulsaBYUWashington StateSan Diego StateAir ForceBALLgood offense, good defense →Offense EPA/play →better defense →
Ball Stateoff −0.21 133rddef +0.10 99th

Every FBS team, 2025 final. EPA is garbage-time filtered. Tap a logo for its numbers.

Pick record · our line vs the close
5–6against the closing line
Pick was the favorite3–3
Pick was the dog2–3
Home / away side3–2 / 2–4
Average gap to the close+4.0 pts
Our line beat the close4 of 11

Graded against the closing line, not the open. A push counts as neither.

Schedule strength

opponent rating, points vs average
Avg opponentFBS rank
Played−4.1105th
Full season−4.1105th

Model ledger

2025 · our line against every result
DateOpponentOur lineCloseResultPerformancePick
Sat, Aug 30at PurdueBALL +10.2+16.5L 0–315LOSS
Sat, Sep 6at AuburnBALL +34.6+42.5L 3–4214WIN
Sat, Sep 20at UConnBALL +22.3+21.0L 25–3134LOSS
Sat, Oct 4OhioBALL +21.9+14.0W 20–1442LOSS
Sat, Oct 11at Western MichiganBALL +8.0+9.5L 0–429LOSS
Sat, Oct 18AkronBALL +0.6+2.5W 42–2857WIN
Sat, Oct 25at Northern IllinoisBALL +13.8+6.5L 7–2137WIN
Wed, Nov 5Kent StateBALL −1.0−3.0W 17–1338LOSS
Sat, Nov 15Eastern MichiganBALL +6.1+2.5L 9–2446WIN
Sat, Nov 22at ToledoBALL +29.7+29.5L 9–3836LOSS
Sat, Nov 29at Miami (OH)BALL +20.4+16.5L 24–456WIN

How to read this page

EPA/playExpected points added per play.
Success rateShare of plays gaining enough for the down.
Quality driveA drive reaching a first down inside the opponent's 40.
Points per QDFinishing — points scored per quality drive.
QD ratioOur quality drives against theirs. Game control.
RROERush rate over expected for down, distance, score and time.
Game percentileThis performance against every FBS game this season.
Expected winsOur pregame win probabilities summed — computed exactly, no simulations.
Havoc rateTFLs, sacks, passes defensed, forced fumbles per defensive snap.
Second-order winsThe record a team's play-by-play performance deserved.

Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Every number comes from a leak-checked walk-forward pipeline — no retroactive edits, no deleted picks. Picks grade against the closing line. Rate stats exclude garbage time (win probability outside 5–95%); turnovers are counted whole. Not betting advice.