The Confidential’s 2016 Football Over-Under: Louisville
Last year, the Confidential unveiled over-unders for each ACC school. For Louisville, the over-under was set at 9.5 regular season wins. Ultimately, Louisville ended up with 7 regular season wins, with the losses to Houston and Pittsburgh being relative “surprises.” But now it is on to 2016. The Confidential sets the over-under for Louisville at 7.5 regular season wins.
Here is the schedule for 2016:
- 9/1/16: Charlotte
- 9/9/16: @ Syracuse
- 9/17/16: Florida State
- 9/24/16: @ Marshall
- 10/1/16: @ Clemson
- 10/14/16: Duke
- 10/22/16: NC State
- 10/29/16: @ Virginia
- 11/5/16: @ Boston College
- 11/12/16: Wake Forest
- 11/17/16: @ Houston
- 11/26/16: Kentucky
Very likely wins: Charlotte, Wake Forest, Kentucky
Very likely losses: Florida State, @ Clemson
Verdict: With OOC trips to Marshall and Houston, Louisville has scheduled outside of the P5 conferences, but challenged itself significantly. Throw in trips to Syracuse, Boston College, and Virginia, and three “very likely home wins” become three very challenging road conference games. Duke and NC State will not be pushovers from the home slate either. A sweep of all seven of those games is not impossible, but realistically not likely either. In fact, it is certainly plausible for two or three of those games to be losses. All in all, this is looking like a tough year for Louisville compared to the expectations of the fan base. It is hard to envision wins over Florida State and Clemson. Even assuming significant success beyond those two games, that does not give much cushion in an improving conference. The over/under, therefore, is set at 7.5 wins.
What do you think? Will Louisville go over or under 7.5 regular season wins?
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