Ball State Cardinals (1-1) vs. Liberty Flames (1-1) September 19, 2026 4:00 pm EDT The Line: Liberty Flames -14.5 / Ball State Cardinals +14.5; Over/Under: 49.5 (Get latest betting odds)
The Ball State Cardinals and the Liberty Flames meet in week 3 college football action from Williams Stadium on Saturday. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Ball State Cardinals vs. Liberty Flames Prediction.
The Ball State Cardinals come into this game looking to add on to their 41-17 win over Stony Brook last time out to improve to 1-1 on the year. After this game, Ball State will head on the road for a game against Kent State.
Keldric Luster has thrown for 345 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 69.2% passing while TJ Horton leads the Cardinals in rushing with 129 rushing yards and 1 touchdown so far this season. Zero more Cardinals have at least 100 rushing yards as well this season including Jalen Bonds who has 86 yards and a TD while Jabari Smith leads Ball State in receiving with 72 receiving yards and 6 catches to lead Ball State along with 1 touchdown as well this season. On defense, Sterling Smith has a team-high 11 total tackles in addition to 0 sacks while Ball State’s defense as a whole has combined for 4 sacks and 3 interceptions so far this season.
The Liberty Flames come into this game looking to add on to their 24-23 win over the Gardner Webb Bulldogs last time out to sit at 1-1 this season. After this game, Liberty will head on the road for a game against Coastal Carolina.
Deshawn Purdie has thrown for 352 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions on 52.3% passing while Kam Davis leads the Flames in rushing with 118 rushing yards and 0 touchdowns so far this season. One more Flame has at least 100 rushing yards as well this season including Peyton Jones who has 101 yards and 0 TDs while Makai Jackson leads Liberty in receiving with 142 receiving yards and 5 catches to lead Liberty along with 2 touchdowns as well this season. On defense, Derrell Farrar has a team-high 12 total tackles in addition to 0 sacks while Liberty’s defense as a whole has combined for 2 sacks and 2 interceptions so far this season.
I’m on the under in this one. I don’t trust this Ball State offense against FBS opposition, but all Liberty’s done through their first two games is underwhelm as they lost their first game and for all intents and purposes should be 0-2 with a bad performance against a middling GW team. I think this is going to be a low-scoring game so give me the under here.