Louisville football bowl projections: 2025 preseason
In a week and a half, Louisville football will take the field for its season opener against Eastern Kentucky. That means projections and expectations for the Cardinals’ postseason bid, College Football Playoff, or Bowl Game are right around the corner.
Here’s the consensus preseason postseason projections across several different outlets.
On3/Brett McMurphy — Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Florida) — vs. Texas Tech
ESPN — two projections
- Kyle Bonagura: Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Charlotte, North Carolina) — vs. South Carolina
- Mark Schlabach: Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Florida) — vs. Texas Tech
CBS — Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Charlotte, North Carolina) — vs. Missouri
Athlon Sports — Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Florida) — vs. Baylor
247Sports — Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Florida) — vs. Oklahoma
Other notable individual predictions:
- Danny Kanell: College Football Playoff (9-seed) — at No. 9 Georgia
Louisville has gotten some buzz from individuals in the media like Kanell and Josh Pate, who project the Cardinals as College Football Playoff sleepers, but the general standings have the UofL floating around a 9-3 record with a high-caliber bowl bid as the ACC’s third or fourth place team.
And lastly, our Cardinal Sports projection:
- 9-3 record (losses @ Pitt, SMU, vs. Clemson)
- Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Florida) — vs. Oklahoma
