ACCCardinals

Louisville

18th of 1318–5

Rank

18th

of 131 FBS teams

Rating

+12.3

90% range 3.0 to 21.7

Offense

31.4

36th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

19.1

19th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 8–5

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Wk 1Sep 3 · 8:00 PM ET at

Syracuse L 7–31

Rating change−3.0

Wk 2Sep 9 · 7:30 PM ET at

UCF W 20–14

Rating change+0.9

Wk 3Sep 16 · 7:30 PM ET vs#25

Florida State L 31–35

Rating change+0.8

Wk 4Sep 24 · 12:00 PM ET vs

South Florida W 41–3

Rating change+2.5

Wk 5Oct 1 · 12:00 PM ET at

Boston College L 33–34

Rating change−2.4

Wk 6Oct 8 · 12:00 PM ET at

Virginia W 34–17

Rating change+1.0

Wk 8Oct 22 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Pittsburgh W 24–10

Rating change0.0

Wk 9Oct 29 · 3:30 PM ET vs#21

Wake Forest W 48–21

Rating change+2.3

Wk 10Nov 5 · 7:30 PM ET vs

James Madison W 34–10

Rating change+2.8

Wk 11Nov 12 · 3:30 PM ET at#15

Clemson L 16–31

Rating change−1.5

Wk 12Nov 19 · 3:30 PM ET vs

NC State W 25–10

Rating change0.0

Wk 13Nov 26 · 3:00 PM ET at

Kentucky L 13–26

Rating change−0.8

PostDec 17 · 11:00 AM ET vs

CincinnatiWasabi Fenway Bowl W 24–7

Rating change+2.0

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2022

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2021	ACC	45 of 130	6.1	32.4	26.3	6–7	—
2020	ACC	32 of 127	7.3	33.1	25.9	4–7	—
2019	ACC	60 of 130	0.4	33.4	32.9	8–5	—
2018	ACC	105 of 130	−13.3	27.1	40.4	2–10	—
2017	ACC	16 of 130	14.9	40.5	25.6	8–5	—
2016	ACC	10 of 128	19.9	43.1	23.2	9–4	—
2015	ACC	25 of 128	11.4	35.7	24.3	8–5	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

LOU offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles