| has gloss | eng: |class="infobox" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" | colspan=6 bgcolor="#CCC"|Ball State competes in the following NCAA sports |- bgcolor="#CCC" ! colspan=3|Mens sports ! colspan=3|Womens sports |- bgcolor="#CCC" ! Sport!! !!Division ! Sport!! !!Division |- | Basketball||I||MAC | Basketball||I||MAC |- | Golf||I||MAC | Golf||I||MAC |- ||Swimming||I||MAC | Swimming||I||MAC |- ||Tennis||I||MAC | Tennis||I||MAC |- | Volleyball||I||MIVA | Volleyball||I||MAC |- | Baseball||I||MAC | Softball||I||MAC |- | Football||I||MAC | Soccer||I||MAC |- | colspan=3| | Field hockey||I||MAC |- | colspan=3| |Gymnastics||I||MAC |- | colspan=3| | Indoor Track & Field||I||MAC |- | colspan=3| | Outdoor Track & Field||I||MAC |- | colspan=3| | Cross country||I||MAC |} Ball State University's athletic teams are called the Cardinals. The Cardinals are part of the NCAA Mid-American Conference and located in Muncie, Indiana. Charlie Cardinal is the team mascot and the history of the first Cardinal team dates back to 1926. |
