Oct 31, 6:19 PM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Louisville

4–3 FBS · ACC · this season
Rating
+9.5
Rank
27
Résumé
53
Projected wins
7.2▲ 0.5 vs preseason
CFP odds
2%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sun, Sep 69/6at Ole MissMISSLOU +14.8LOU +6.5L 38–4149MISS · L
Fri, Sep 119/11VillanovaVillanovaLOU −33.5LOU −38.5W 59–1373
Sat, Sep 199/19SMUSMULOU +2.4LOU −1.5W 41–3167SMU · L
Sat, Sep 269/26Wake ForestWAKELOU −12.3LOU −13.5L 27–3043WAKE · W
Sat, Oct 310/3at NC StateNCSULOU −3.0LOU −3.5L 28–3164NCSU · W
Fri, Oct 910/9Florida StateFSULOU −3.3LOU −4.5W 44–2070FSU · L
Sat, Oct 1710/17at SyracuseSYRLOU −13.1LOU −13.5W 34–2662SYR · W
Sat, Oct 3110/31StanfordSTANLOU −21.9LOU −22.5STAN +22.5Pass
Sat, Nov 711/7at Georgia TechGTLOU −9.2—wk 10
Sat, Nov 2811/28at KentuckyUKLOU +6.4—wk 13

Model on LOU games: 3–3 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 0–1 · as the dog 3–2 · home 2–1, away 1–2 · avg gap to the market +3.0 · closer than the market 2 of 6

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
7.24–3 banked, 5 to play · preseason 6.7
Bowl (6+)75%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

The 5 games left add 3.2 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game5%
Win conference2%
Make the CFP2%
First-round bye0%
Win it all0%

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

7 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.293rd
Success rate48.7%22nd
Pass EPA+0.339th
Rush EPA+0.255th
Explosive rate18.3%1st
Quality-drive rate43.0%114th
Points per quality drive4.532nd
Defense
EPA allowed+0.11103rd
Success allowed42.3%80th
Pass EPA allowed+0.19116th
Rush EPA allowed+0.0369th
Explosive allowed11.0%55th
Havoc rate12.2%110th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game+0.373rd
Turnover margin+435th · exp. +3.5
Field position margin−1.0 yd90th
Hidden points / game−0.4gave up
Luck, wins−1.05.0 earned
One-score record1–3flipped 6–1
Rush rate over expected+1.5%40th
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+9.527th
Schedule played+7.811th
Schedule remaining+1.265th
Full schedule+4.841st
Pregame expected wins2.6of 7

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 3Wk 6Wk 9
Ours 27th · +9.5AP NRWeek 9
Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom · drag to move · double-tap to reset
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Louisvilleoff +0.29 3rddef +0.11 allowed · 103rd

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Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Rate stats exclude garbage time (a lead of 38+ in the first half, 28+ in the third quarter, 22+ in the fourth); turnovers are counted whole. Hover a row for its definition.