Wk 3 · 2026

SMU Mustangs at Louisville Cardinals — Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 19 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville

#19 SMU Mustangs

ACC · no games yet

3:30pET

LOU -1.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings

#24 Louisville Cardinals

ACC · no games yet

What is at stake

A ACC game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the race. SMU is ranked #19 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17). Louisville is ranked #24 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).

Efficiency · 2025 ratings

+7.7#25

Efficiency margin

+6.1#30

30.5

Offense (pts/100)

28.5

22.8

Defense (pts/100)

22.3

65.1

Pace (plays/g)

63.3

6.31

Yards / play

5.79

5.29

Yards / play allowed

4.83

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.

Team stats · 2025 per game

32.9

Points / game

30.2

20.7

Points allowed

21.1

419

Yards / game

389

391

Yards allowed

300

285

Pass yds allowed

191

107

Rush yds allowed

110

1.33

Turnovers / game

1.33

From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

SMU form

L 35-38at CALW 38-6vs LOUW 45-13at BCW 26-20vs MIAL 12-13at WAKE

2025 season

Louisville form

W 41-0vs UKL 6-38at SMUL 19-20vs CLEML 26-29vs CALW 28-16at VT

2025 season

SMU this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Louisville this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.

Common opponents · 4

Opponent	SMU	Louisville
Florida St ACC	at Wk 1 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview
Syracuse ACC	at Wk 9 · scheduled preview	at Wk 7 · scheduled preview
Wake Forest ACC	vs Wk 11 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 4 · scheduled preview
Stanford ACC	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 9 · scheduled preview

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Series history · 2006–2026

SMU leads the series 2–0 · SMU has won the last 2

2 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 19.5 points toward SMU

Yr	Date	Result	Site	Won
2025	2025-11-22	Louisville 6 — 38 SMU	at SMU	SMU
2024	2024-10-05	SMU 34 — 27 Louisville	at LOU	SMU

SMU leaders 2025 season

Passing	Kevin Jennings QB #7	279/422, 3363 YDS, 26 TD, 10 INT
	Charlie Fiser QB #14	4/4, 30 YDS
Rushing	TJ Harden RB #27	161 CAR, 747 YDS, 7 TD
	Chris Johnson Jr. RB #16	62 CAR, 463 YDS, 4 TD
	Derrick McFall WR #0	32 CAR, 183 YDS, 4 TD
Receiving	Jordan Hudson WR #2	56 REC, 749 YDS, 6 TD
	Romello Brinson WR #3	43 REC, 638 YDS, 3 TD
	Yamir Knight WR #8	47 REC, 533 YDS, 5 TD
	Matthew Hibner TE #88	29 REC, 351 YDS, 4 TD

Defense

Tackles	Ahmaad Moses S #3	91
	Isaiah Nwokobia S #12	80
	Brandon Booker LB #28	62
Sacks	Isaiah Smith LB #1	8.5
	Terry Webb DT #4	5.5
	Cameron Robertson DE #9	5
Interceptions	Ahmaad Moses S #3	5
	Isaiah Nwokobia S #12	2
	Jaelyn Davis-Robinson CB #13	2

full roster and per-player history

Louisville leaders 2025 season

Passing	Miller Moss QB #7	228/356, 2526 YDS, 14 TD, 7 INT
	Deuce Adams QB #8	15/21, 112 YDS
Rushing	Isaac Brown RB #1	91 CAR, 782 YDS, 5 TD
	Keyjuan Brown RB #5	81 CAR, 592 YDS, 6 TD
	Braxton Jennings RB #32	37 CAR, 200 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	Chris Bell WR #0	72 REC, 917 YDS, 6 TD
	Caullin Lacy WR #5	54 REC, 547 YDS, 2 TD
	Dacari Collins WR #3	13 REC, 219 YDS, 1 TD
	Jaleel Skinner TE #18	20 REC, 199 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	TJ Quinn LB #34	87
	D'Angelo Hutchinson DB #21	79
	JoJo Evans Jr. DB #27	56
Sacks	Clev Lubin DL #50	7
	Wesley Bailey EDGE #23	6
	AJ Green DL #17	4
Interceptions	Antonio Watts DB #9	3
	TJ Quinn LB #34	2
	Tayon Holloway DB #13	2

full roster and per-player history

These are season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.