New Hampshire vs Ball State Prediction 9/13/2025 Today’s College Football Picks

New Hampshire and Ball State meet Saturday in Week 3 college football action from Schemann Stadium. Here’s a Ball State vs New Hampshire prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Ball State Cardinals vs New Hampshire Wildcats pick. We will examine:

The Ball State Cardinals’ recent form and player performance
The New Hampshire Wildcats’ recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Wildcats’
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Cardinals’
Recent betting trends in games played between Ball State and New Hampshire
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the New Hampshire and Ball State game.

New Hampshire Looks for Third Straight Win

New Hampshire has looked good to start the season, and they have won each of the first two games. In the first game, New Hampshire was able to secure the 27-10 victory. In the last game against Holy Cross, it was a little closer, but they were able to secure the 19-16 victory. At the end of the first quarter, they were down 9-7 but they fought back and ended up coming out ahead. 

The defense really stepped up and they allowed Cal Swanson to complete 8 of his 15 passes for 95 yards, zero touchdowns, and one interception. Even though they won the last game, they need better quarterback play. Matt Vezza completed 11 of his 21 passes for 129 yards, zero touchdowns, and two interceptions. Wide receiver Caleb Burke, completed one pass for 53 yards and a touchdown. Vezza and Myles Thomason both rushed for 46 yards. In this game, they are going to need better quarterback play, and they need to win the turnover battle. 

Tough Start for Ball State

It has been a tough start to the season for Ball State, but this game is against much similar competition. Ball State faced off against Auburn in the first game of the season and they were defeated 42-3. In the last game against Purdue, Ball State’s offense scored zero points total, while the defense gave up 31 points.

Purdue finished the game with 203 yards, while they allowed Purdue to put up 433 total yards. The defense wasn’t awful against the run as they gave up only 93 yards on the ground. Kailel Kelly completed 10 of his 16 passes for 83 yards. He also rushed 22 times for 63 yards. If they are going to use him running the ball, he can’t be rushing that many times and finish with anything less than 150 yards. 

New Hampshire vs Ball State Prediction

New Hampshire and Ball State are going to be involved in a lower scoring game. Ball State’s offense is a major problem, and it starts at quarterback with Kelly,. He’s just not very good at throwing the ball. Will he do a little better than against Purdue and Auburn? Probably. But I don’t expect that he’s going to be moving thet ball up and down the field. I also don’t expect strong quarterback play out of New Hampshire, and they will struggle to move the ball against Ball State. This game is going to be lower scoring and the under is going cash.