The 2024 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University as a member of the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals played home games at Scheumann Stadium, located in Muncie, Indiana.
After starting 3–7, ensuring a fourth straight losing season, ninth-year head coach Mike Neu was fired on November 16, 2024. Offensive line coach Colin Johnson was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
Preseason
Preseason polls
On July 19 the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Ball State was picked to finish ninth in the conference. They received zero votes to win the MAC Championship.
Schedule
Unusually, Ball State did not play a game on "Week 1" of the season; they were the only idle FBS team on the traditional start of the season. Army, their original Week 1 opponent, dropped out after joining the American Athletic Conference. Ball State replaced Army with an October 19 game against Vanderbilt.
Game summaries
Missouri State (FCS)
at No. 10 Miami (FL)
at Central Michigan
at James Madison
Western Michigan
at Kent State
at Vanderbilt
Northern Illinois (Bronze Stalk Trophy)
Miami (OH)
at Buffalo
Bowling Green
at Ohio
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