With this 45 14 win over Northern Illinois University, Ball State Universitys record moves to 9 0 for the season and is bumped up to 14th in the BCS standings. Anyone who thinks that NIU is some punk little college think again. Yes they lost but coming into the game their defense was ranked 10th in the nation. Earlier this year they lost to Minnesota by 4 and held to Tennessee to 13 points losing 13 9.