The 2023 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The Cardinals were led by eighth-year head coach Mike Neu and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana.

They competed as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

[1][2] They finished the season 4–8 and 3–5 in conference play[3] The Ball State Cardinals football team drew an average home attendance of 10,771 in 2023.

On July 20, the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll.