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BALL STATE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Conference championship seasons (red bold) reflect either a regular season or tournament championship. Divisional titles are not counted among total championships. (as of July 10, 2026)
Baseball | Men's Basketball | Women's Basketball | Men's Cross Country | Women's Cross Country | Field Hockey | Football | Men's Golf | Gymnastics | Soccer | Softball | Men's Tennis | Women's Tennis | Women's Indoor Track & Field | Women's Outdoor Track & Field | Men's Volleyball | Women's Volleyball
115
Since entering the Mid-American Conference in the early 1970s, Ball State has had 115 teams crowned as MAC Champions (regular season or tournament).
26
Men's volleyball competes in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, crowned as MIVA Champs in 26 seasons.
141
Ball State sports teams have collected 141 conference championship seasons.
BASEBALL
7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
2 MAC Tournament championships
9 MAC West Division titles
1998 (Regular Season / MAC West)
1999 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2000 (Co-MAC West)
2001 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2003 (MAC West)
2005 (MAC West)
2006 (Tournament)
2009 (MAC West)
2014 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2016 (MAC West)
2022 (Regular Season)
2023 (Tournament)
MEN'S BASKETBALL
8 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
7 MAC Tournament championships
7 MAC West Division titles
1980-1981 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1981-1982 (Regular Season)
1985-1986 (Tournament)
1988-1989 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1989-1990 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1992-1993 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1994-1995 (Tournament)
1997-1998 (MAC West)
1999-2000 (MAC West / Tournament)
2001-2002 (MAC West)
2008-2009 (MAC West)
2015-2016 (MAC West)
2016-2017 (MAC West)
2019-2020 (MAC West)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
4 MAC Regular Season
2 MAC Tournament
6 MAC West Division titles
2001-2002 (Co-Regular Season / MAC West)
2002-2003 (Co-Regular Season / Co-MAC West)
2006-2007 (MAC West)
2007-2008 (MAC West)
2008-2009 (MAC West / Tournament)
2014-2015 (MAC West)
2024-2025 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2025-26 (Co-Regular Season)
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
2 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1975 (Championships)
1987 (Championships)
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
1 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
2003 (Championships)
FIELD HOCKEY
16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
16 MAC Regular Season championships
9 MAC Tournament championships
1984 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1983 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1985 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1986 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1987 (Regular Season)
1988 (Co-Regular Season)
1989 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1990 (Regular Season)
1991 (Co-Regular Season)
1993 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1995 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1996 (Regular Season) - - NOTE: 1996 MAC Tournament was canceled due to weather
1997 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1998 (Regular Season)
1999 (Co-Regular Season)
FOOTBALL
6 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
1 MAC Championship Game trophy
4 MAC West Division titles
1976 (Regular Season)
1978 (Regular Season)
1989 (Regular Season)
1993 (Regular Season)
1996 (Regular Season)
2001 (Co-MAC West)
2007 (Co-MAC West)
2008 (MAC West)
2020 (MAC West / MAC Championship Game)
MEN'S GOLF
4 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1975 (Championships)
1982 (Championships)
1986 (Championships)
2024 (Championships)
GYMNASTICS
3 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
2 MAC Regular Season championships
1 MAC Championships championships
2002 (Championships)
2023 (Co-Regular Season)
2024 (Co-Regular Season)
SOCCER
4 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
4 MAC Regular Season championships
3 MAC West Division titles
2006 (Regular Season)
2007 (Regular Season)
2015 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2016 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2017 (MAC West)
SOFTBALL
7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
3 MAC Tournament championships
7 MAC West Division titles
1998 (Tournament)
2009 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2010 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2012 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2013 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2014 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2015 (MAC West / Tournament)
2018 (MAC West)
MEN'S TENNIS
25 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
20 MAC Regular Season championships
18 MAC Tournament championships
1983 (Co-Regular Season)
1984 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1985 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1986 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1987 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1988 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1989 (Tournament)
1990 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1991 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1992 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1993 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Regular Season)
1995 (Tournament)
1997 (Regular Season)
1998 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1999 (Regular Season)
2000 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2001 (Regular Season)
2002 (Tournament)
2003 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2005 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2006 (Regular Season)
2011 (Tournament)
2013 (Regular Season)
2014 (Tournament)
WOMEN'S TENNIS
5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
4 MAC Regular Season championships
3 MAC Tournament championships
2016 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2017 (Regular Season)
2021 (Regular Season)
2022 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2023 (Tournament)
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
3 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1996 (Championships)
1998 (Championships)
2001 (Championships)
WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1996 (Championships)
1998 (Championships)
2000 (Championships)
2001 (Championships)
2023 (Championships)
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
26 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
25 MIVA Regular Season championships
16 MIVA Tournament championships
1964 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1965 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1966 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1967 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1968 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1970 (Regular Season)
1971 (Regular Season)
1973 (Regular Season)
1974 (Regular Season)
1975 (Co-Regular Season)
1976 (Co-Regular Season)
1979 (Regular Season)
1984 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1985 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1988 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1989 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1990 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Tournament)
1995 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1996 (Co-Regular Season)
1997 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2002 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
2022 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2023 (Co-Regular Season)
2024 (Regular Season)
2026 (Regular Season / Tournament)
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
14 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
11 MAC Regular Season championships
8 MAC Tournament championships
12 MAC West Division titles
1992 (Tournament)
1993 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1995 (Tournament)
1996 (Regular Season Co-Champions)
1997 (Regular Season / MAC West)
1998 (Regular Season Co-Champions / MAC West)
1999 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2002 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2004 (MAC West)
2010 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2013 (MAC West)
2017 (MAC West)
2018 (MAC West)
2019 (MAC West / Tournament)
2021 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2022 (Regular Season Co-Champions / MAC West)
2025 (Regular Season)
Conference championship seasons (red bold) reflect either a regular season or tournament championship. Divisional titles are not counted among total championships. (as of July 10, 2026)
Baseball | Men's Basketball | Women's Basketball | Men's Cross Country | Women's Cross Country | Field Hockey | Football | Men's Golf | Gymnastics | Soccer | Softball | Men's Tennis | Women's Tennis | Women's Indoor Track & Field | Women's Outdoor Track & Field | Men's Volleyball | Women's Volleyball
115
Since entering the Mid-American Conference in the early 1970s, Ball State has had 115 teams crowned as MAC Champions (regular season or tournament).
26
Men's volleyball competes in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, crowned as MIVA Champs in 26 seasons.
141
Ball State sports teams have collected 141 conference championship seasons.
BASEBALL
7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
2 MAC Tournament championships
9 MAC West Division titles
1998 (Regular Season / MAC West)
1999 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2000 (Co-MAC West)
2001 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2003 (MAC West)
2005 (MAC West)
2006 (Tournament)
2009 (MAC West)
2014 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2016 (MAC West)
2022 (Regular Season)
2023 (Tournament)
MEN'S BASKETBALL
8 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
7 MAC Tournament championships
7 MAC West Division titles
1980-1981 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1981-1982 (Regular Season)
1985-1986 (Tournament)
1988-1989 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1989-1990 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1992-1993 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1994-1995 (Tournament)
1997-1998 (MAC West)
1999-2000 (MAC West / Tournament)
2001-2002 (MAC West)
2008-2009 (MAC West)
2015-2016 (MAC West)
2016-2017 (MAC West)
2019-2020 (MAC West)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
4 MAC Regular Season
2 MAC Tournament
6 MAC West Division titles
2001-2002 (Co-Regular Season / MAC West)
2002-2003 (Co-Regular Season / Co-MAC West)
2006-2007 (MAC West)
2007-2008 (MAC West)
2008-2009 (MAC West / Tournament)
2014-2015 (MAC West)
2024-2025 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2025-26 (Co-Regular Season)
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
2 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1975 (Championships)
1987 (Championships)
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
1 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
2003 (Championships)
FIELD HOCKEY
16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
16 MAC Regular Season championships
9 MAC Tournament championships
1984 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1983 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1985 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1986 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1987 (Regular Season)
1988 (Co-Regular Season)
1989 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1990 (Regular Season)
1991 (Co-Regular Season)
1993 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1995 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1996 (Regular Season) - - NOTE: 1996 MAC Tournament was canceled due to weather
1997 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1998 (Regular Season)
1999 (Co-Regular Season)
FOOTBALL
6 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
1 MAC Championship Game trophy
4 MAC West Division titles
1976 (Regular Season)
1978 (Regular Season)
1989 (Regular Season)
1993 (Regular Season)
1996 (Regular Season)
2001 (Co-MAC West)
2007 (Co-MAC West)
2008 (MAC West)
2020 (MAC West / MAC Championship Game)
MEN'S GOLF
4 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1975 (Championships)
1982 (Championships)
1986 (Championships)
2024 (Championships)
GYMNASTICS
3 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
2 MAC Regular Season championships
1 MAC Championships championships
2002 (Championships)
2023 (Co-Regular Season)
2024 (Co-Regular Season)
SOCCER
4 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
4 MAC Regular Season championships
3 MAC West Division titles
2006 (Regular Season)
2007 (Regular Season)
2015 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2016 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2017 (MAC West)
SOFTBALL
7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
5 MAC Regular Season championships
3 MAC Tournament championships
7 MAC West Division titles
1998 (Tournament)
2009 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2010 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2012 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2013 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2014 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2015 (MAC West / Tournament)
2018 (MAC West)
MEN'S TENNIS
25 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
20 MAC Regular Season championships
18 MAC Tournament championships
1983 (Co-Regular Season)
1984 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1985 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1986 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1987 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1988 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1989 (Tournament)
1990 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1991 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1992 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1993 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Regular Season)
1995 (Tournament)
1997 (Regular Season)
1998 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1999 (Regular Season)
2000 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2001 (Regular Season)
2002 (Tournament)
2003 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2005 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2006 (Regular Season)
2011 (Tournament)
2013 (Regular Season)
2014 (Tournament)
WOMEN'S TENNIS
5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
4 MAC Regular Season championships
3 MAC Tournament championships
2016 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2017 (Regular Season)
2021 (Regular Season)
2022 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2023 (Tournament)
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
3 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1996 (Championships)
1998 (Championships)
2001 (Championships)
WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1996 (Championships)
1998 (Championships)
2000 (Championships)
2001 (Championships)
2023 (Championships)
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
26 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
25 MIVA Regular Season championships
16 MIVA Tournament championships
1964 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1965 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1966 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1967 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1968 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1970 (Regular Season)
1971 (Regular Season)
1973 (Regular Season)
1974 (Regular Season)
1975 (Co-Regular Season)
1976 (Co-Regular Season)
1979 (Regular Season)
1984 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1985 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1988 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1989 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1990 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Tournament)
1995 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
1996 (Co-Regular Season)
1997 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2002 (Co-Regular Season / Tournament)
2022 (Regular Season / Tournament)
2023 (Co-Regular Season)
2024 (Regular Season)
2026 (Regular Season / Tournament)
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
14 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
11 MAC Regular Season championships
8 MAC Tournament championships
12 MAC West Division titles
1992 (Tournament)
1993 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1994 (Regular Season / Tournament)
1995 (Tournament)
1996 (Regular Season Co-Champions)
1997 (Regular Season / MAC West)
1998 (Regular Season Co-Champions / MAC West)
1999 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2002 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2004 (MAC West)
2010 (Regular Season / MAC West)
2013 (MAC West)
2017 (MAC West)
2018 (MAC West)
2019 (MAC West / Tournament)
2021 (Regular Season / MAC West / Tournament)
2022 (Regular Season Co-Champions / MAC West)
2025 (Regular Season)