| Year: | 2024 |
| Team: | Ball State Cardinals |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 0–0 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Mike Neu |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Off Coach: | Jared Elliott |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Jeff Knowles |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Scheumann Stadium |
The 2024 Ball State Cardinals football team will represent Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals are led by Mike Neu in his ninth year as the head coach. The Cardinals will play home games at Scheumann Stadium, located in Muncie, Indiana.[1]
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.[2] [3]
| MAC Coaches poll | |||
| 1 | Miami | 119 (9) | |
| 2 | Toledo | 109 (3) | |
| T3 | Bowling Green | 92 | |
| T3 | Northern Illinois | 92 | |
| 5 | Ohio | 81 | |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 64 | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 60 | |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 59 | |
| 9 | Ball State | 42 | |
| 10 | Buffalo | 37 | |
| 11 | Akron | 24 | |
| 12 | Kent State | 13 | |
| Coaches poll (MAC Championship) | |||
| 1 | Miami | 10 | |
| 2 | Toledo | 2 | |