MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State steps away from the MAC this week while traveling to Harrisonburg, Virginia, to face James Madison out of the Sun Belt Conference. It is just the second time the schools have ever met on the gridiron, and the first as FBS opponents.
** Ball State enters the contest at 1-2 following a heartbreaking, gut-wrenching road defeat at Central Michigan last week, in which a five-play, 97-yard two-minute drill touchdown and near victory was snatched from the Cardinals' hands in the final seconds. JMU, meanwhile, welcomes Ball State to Bridgeforth Stadium following the Dukes' rousing 70-50 win at North Carolina.