Ball State Cardinals (4-7) vs. Miami (OH) Redhawks (6-5)
November 29, 2025 12:00 pm EDT
The Line: Miami (OH) Redhawks -17.5; Over/Under: 42.5
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The Ball State Cardinals and the Miami-OH RedHawks meet Saturday in college football action from Yager Stadium. Here’s a Miami-OH vs Ball State prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Ball State vs Miami-OH pick.
Ball State Cardinals Betting Preview
The Cardinals have had a choppy season so far, making it very difficult to sustain any winning stretches. Ball State opened up with a pair of losses to Purdue and Auburn, then alternated wins with losses over the next eight weeks. The Cardinals’ victories in that time were over New Hampshire, Ohio, Akron and Kent State. Otherwise it was losses to UConn, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan during that time, dropping the Cards to just 4-6 through 10 games.
Last weekend versus Toledo, Ball State was in trouble early and sported a 24-3 deficit by the half. The Cards gave up points in every quarter on the way to a 38-9 blowout loss. QB Kiael Kelly had 166 yards and two picks on 13-of-30 passing and Jalen Bonds carried 16 times for 58 yards. Bonds’ lone 54-yard catch put him atop the receivers in the loss as well.
Miami-OH RedHawks Betting Preview
Over on the RedHawks’ side, they opened up the season with a string of three straight losses to Wisconsin, Rugters and UNLV. Miami-OH got it going after that however, taking out Lindenwood, Northern Illinois, Akron, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan in the next five outings. Following two more losses to Ohio and Toledo, the RedHawks bounced back with a win over Buffalo on November 19.
In the matchup with the Bulls, the RedHawks scored 17 points in the second quarter and 14 more in the third on the way to a 37-20 victory in the end. QB Thomas Gotkowski finished with a 13-of-23 line for 185 yards and two scores while also rushing in a TD. D’Shawntae Jones had two rush scores of his own, and lead rusher Jordan Brunson had 16 carries for 123 yards total. Tops in receiving was Cole Weaver with five catches for 82 yards.
Ball State Cardinals @ Miami (OH) RedHawks Betting Trends: Week 14
Miami (OH) RedHawks Player Prop Facts
- Heading into Week 14, Kamryn Perry ranks 1st amongst qualified players for Yards Per Reception (24.3) this season.
Ball State Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Heading into Week 14, Nathan Voorhis ranks T4th amongst FBS players for sacks (11.0) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- Miami (OH) ranks T6th among FBS teams for Q1 opponent points per game this season (2.5).
- Miami (OH) ranks T10th among FBS teams for interceptions this season (14).
- Ball State has scored fewer than 10 points in five road games this season – most of any FBS team.
- Ball State has scored fewer than five points in three road games this season – most of any FBS team.
Miami-OH vs Ball State Prediction
I’ll take a stab on Miami-OH here but it’s a pretty thick line. The RedHawks did a pretty decent job against a middling Buffalo team in their last outing, notching 347 total yards, 5.3 yards per play and no turnovers. Miami-OH had just 16 first downs though, and went only 2-of-13 on third-down tries. The defense gave up 303 pass yards and 21 first downs but also held pretty strong on third downs (6-of-19) and had three takeaways. Buffalo’s eight penalties didn’t hurt either. Miami-OH had been under 21 points in three of the previous five games though, so scoring has sometimes been an issue for them.
As for Ball State, they got beaten up by Toledo last weekend despite coming up with a couple of picks and allowing just 3-of-10 on third downs. The Cardinals offense had three turnovers themselves and went a pretty rough 7-of-19 on third downs. Ball State has been below 10 points in three of the last four games, losing all three of those.
