Our side
MoneylineLOU to win
ours 68%
Projected score
21–31
FSU – LOU
2026-10-09 · 7:00 PM
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium · Louisville, KY
ACC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Florida State lead
17–5
· 22 meetings since 1954
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Florida State Seminoles
73 ranks
Florida State Seminoles #21 rush offense
Louisville Cardinals #94 run defense
Pass game
even
27 ranks apart
Florida State Seminoles #32 pass offense
Louisville Cardinals #5 pass defense
Run game
edge Louisville Cardinals
82 ranks
Louisville Cardinals #25 rush offense
Florida State Seminoles #107 run defense
Pass game
edge Florida State Seminoles
140 ranks
Louisville Cardinals #209 pass offense
Florida State Seminoles #69 pass defense
Florida State Seminoles
Run-heavy · 60% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg
Louisville Cardinals
Balanced · 49% run
Ball-control
Mike Norvell · 76-50
Jeff Brohm · 86-51 · defense-minded
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Florida State Seminoles
DB
Ashlynd Barker
15 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#32 DB
RB
Ousmane Kromah
231 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec
#31 RB
RB
Samuel Singleton Jr.
66 rush yds · 1 TD · 6 rec
#36 RB
LB
Chris Jones
15 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#77 LB
Louisville Cardinals
QB
Lincoln Kienholz
639 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#1 QB
WR
Tre Richardson
11 rec · 181 yds · 1 TD
#69 WR
TE
Jaleel Skinner
5 rec · 137 yds · 1 TD
#23 TE
WR
Lawayne McCoy
5 rec · 164 yds · 2 TD
#102 WR
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Florida State offense vs Louisville defense+1.4 pts
Louisville offense vs Florida State defense+7.3 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 543 mi
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.