Ohio vs. Ball State Football Prediction, Odds, Picks

The Ohio Bobcats were picked to finish fourth in the MAC East Division. If they win at Ball State on Tuesday night and Bowling Green loses at Toledo, they will win the division title. They will play in next month's title tilt in Detroit against Toledo.

Ohio Bobcats (7-3, 5-1 MAC, 1st in the MAC East) and Ball State Cardinals (5-5, 3-2 MAC West) are playing each other on November 15, 2022 at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana. The game starts at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Ohio vs. Ball State is a football game on Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 4:55 p.m. ET.

Ball State lost 28-21 to Toledo last week. Last week, Toledo's Dequan Finn threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns. Carson Steele ran for 198 yards on 28 carries and scored three times. Ball State's John Paddock was ineffective, throwing for only 94 yards with one interception. Ohio's pass defense is statistically one of the worst in the country.

Ball State is going to play Ohio in a game that will decide the fate of the season. Ball State's defense is weak, but their only losses this year were to Penn State, Iowa State and overtime at Kent State. Ohio's pass defense ranks 125th out of 131 FBS teams.

Ohio and Ball State are both ranked in the 130th percentile of FBS teams.

Ball State's last six games have been decided by seven or fewer points. Ohio's offense is explosive and its quarterback Kurtis Rourke is seventh in the country in passing yards (3,087), ninth in yards per attempt (9.2), and tied for 13th in touchdown passes (24). In 337 pass attempts this season, he has been picked off just four times.