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Mid-American · Mike Uremovich, year 2 (5-9) · Scheumann Stadium · 22,500 · 10,390 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#130 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #134 (-25.0) · FPI #131
The marketLiberty by 14at Liberty · our model 28% Ball State · a number, not a pick

LastW 41–17 vs Stony Brook · Sat Sep 12 · Kamron Chamble 2 INT, 2 tackles

Nextat Liberty · Sat Sep 19 · 4 pm ET · Williams Stadium (VA) · Liberty by 14 · series 0-1 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Cautious optimism is building around Ball State.

Mike Uremovich's year 2 (2026): 1-1, behind Mike Neu's 2-10 in the same spot.

belief warmed ↑ 3.2vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Leaning up
53/100 · 24 mentions · top 23% of FBS
~ our read
Grounding
running on emotion
1% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 30 pts
~ our read
The model
#130
CFB Zeitgeist · -6.5
✓ measured
Explore all 7 corners of the fanbase ↓
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identity shift

Ball State's fanbase shift signals Mid-American shift.

Mike Uremovich begins his tenure with a 4-8 losing record to inherit, reigniting a fanbase that last celebrated MAC titles in 1996.

The jury's still out.

The Pulse on Ball State

Archive · Wk 2 · 24 mentions · medium confidence
53
Δ +3.2 vs last wk
24 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Scheumann Stadium" — Ball State fanbase · recurring line

Fanbase Signals

Cohort Divergence
1 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Inside the fanbase — all 7 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
HHustle Belt
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.00whole-room sentiment · cool our read

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.01 of each other — a rare consensus. The loudest voice in the room:

HHustle BeltBeat · article

And with that, Hustle Belt comes to a close

hustlebelt.com →

How Ball State fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

NFL or Maction no in between.

▲ 472 ▼open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

The room, end to end

skeptical
buying in
Die-hards−0.02
Casuals−0.04

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
43%
recent results
19%
where the program is headed
15%
the schedule
13%
the roster
4%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

258 mentions · 6 sources · week 2026-01. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checklight on evidence

~ our readBall State fans are down on the program, with almost nothing concrete behind it yet.

backed by facts
1% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
12% optimistic24% down

✓ counted We read 94 posts from Ball State fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial2 posts
Radio · Columbus
“The Buckeyes opened up the season by cruising to a tuneup victory over Ball State on Saturday at the Horseshoe. Now the degree of difficulty gets ramped up for…”
1w ago
The broader fanbase3 posts
r/CFB
“[Postgame Thread] Ball State Defeats Stony Brook 41-17”
2d ago
News & campus coverage11 posts
News
“Ball State vs Stony Brook Live Stream: How to Watch College Football Fubo”
2d ago

Fanbase health · Ball State

Ball State's fanbase is growing — 56 of 100.

Loud (236 weighted voices in the latest week), middling on the field (4-8 last season, 1-1 so far), and not arguing about much.

On the field — 4-8 last season, 1-1 so far57
How loud — 236 weighted voices in the latest week77
How much they argue — not arguing about much35

3 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Ball State fans this offseason 15% of posts bring up another team▼1pp quieter#60 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Missouri
Who Ball State fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Missouri2%
  2. Stanford2%
  3. Purdue2%
  4. UConn2%
  5. Florida2%
share of Ball State’s football posts that mention each team
Ball State lives rent-free in
  1. Ohio State9%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Ball State
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