The Ball State Cardinals track and field team is the track and field program that represents Ball State University. The Cardinals compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team is based in Muncie, Indiana, at the Briner Sports Complex.
The program is coached by Adrian Wheatley. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.
The men's teams were eliminated following the 2003 season for budgetary reasons.
High jumper Charity Hufnagel is the school's most recent national champion after winning the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The school's first national championship was by men's high jumper Darrell Jones in 1931.
The Cardinals have had one AIAW All-American finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.
, a total of 10 men and 5 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status for the team at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).