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Ball State vs Liberty prediction
Hypothetical matchup, 2026 season
BALL 9% win91% LIB
17Projected
vs
36ProjectedNeutral site
Ball State Cardinals
Record 3–5 · #131 in ratings
Neutral site
Liberty Flames
Record 6–1 · #26 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (50)
Turnover and penalty data arrives with the next daily update, so this starts at normal.
- Power index
- 5 vs 82
- Projected
- LIB favored
- Differential
- 19.4 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at a neutral site, luck set to normal. These teams aren't scheduled to play this season.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- Liberty by 19.4
- Projected total
- 52.4
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 19.1%
- Went to overtime
- 1.4%
- Ball State wins by 21+
- 0.4%
- Liberty wins by 21+
- 46.7%
- Median score
- 16–36
- Model expectation
- 16.4–35.5
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Ball State wins, bars on the left are Liberty wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Most common scores
- Liberty 34, Ball State 1770 games
- Liberty 41, Ball State 1763 games
- Liberty 37, Ball State 1760 games
- Liberty 30, Ball State 757 games
- Liberty 30, Ball State 1057 games
- Liberty 34, Ball State 756 games
Where the edges are
Ball State offense vs Liberty defenseOffense -3.6Defense +5.7Edge Liberty: its defense is 9.3 points better than Ball State's offense.
Liberty offense vs Ball State defenseOffense +1.7Defense -8.0Edge Liberty: its offense is 9.7 points better than Ball State's defense.
| Stat | Ball State | Liberty | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | 0.12 | 0.20 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.24 | -0.06 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 39.6% | 47.7% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 42.3% | 33.7% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 22.0 | 31.6 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 35.3 | 14.0 | Raw, not adjusted |
How the simulation works
Every team gets an offense and defense rating from this season's scores, adjusted for who they played: scoring 40 against a top defense counts for more than 40 against a weak one. Blowouts count as at most a 35-point win.
Each simulated game gives both teams about 10 possessions. Every possession ends in a touchdown, a field goal or nothing, with odds set by how the offense and defense match up, plus a little game-day randomness. Ties go to overtime.
Running it 10,000 times and counting the wins gives the win probability. Ratings use 2,508 completed games and update every morning.