Ball State football vs Buffalo, MACtion live updates | Score, highlights
Ball State football returns to Muncie with a season on the ropes. Ball State (3-6, 2-3 MAC) is back at home this week to host Buffalo (6-3, 4-1 MAC) in its second of three nationally televised midweek MACtion games this season. The Cardinals are coming off a tough 31-30 overtime loss at UMass last week and now need to win each of their last three games to win the required six games for bowl eligibility. Buffalo, meanwhile, is firmly in the MAC Championship race and has already won six games, but it needs a seventh to secure bowl eligibility since two of its wins came against FCS teams. This game marks the first return trip to Muncie for Buffalo head coach Pete Lembo, who previously served as Ball State's head coach from 2011-15. He previously coached against the Cardinals during his first season with Buffalo in 2024, leading the Bulls to a come-from-behind 51-48 overtime victory that led Ball State to fire head coach Mike Neu a few days later. That game was at Buffalo, though, so this will be Lembo's first time returning to Ball State since he resigned following the 2015 season. The Star Press will have live