Ball State·Mid-American

2020 — The 2020 Season

Ball State's 2020 season (7-1) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-1
Final result Bowl season Won the Arizona Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Miam (OH 31-38 W vs East Mic 38-31 W vs Nort Ill 31-25 W @ Toledo 27-24 W @ Cent Mic 45-20 W vs West Mic 30-27 W @ Buffalo 38-28 W @ San Sta 34-13 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Ball State 45, Central Michigan 20. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Ball State 31, Miami (OH) 38. A 7-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Ball State beat San José State 34-13 in the postseason.

"Chirp Chirp"
— Ball State fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Ball State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.