Louisiana

5–3 · 2–2 Sun Belt · Michael Desormeaux, 6th season

Lost to Southern Miss 35–31, Oct 24 · Next: vs South Alabama, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis

Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters

The 7th-most rushing touchdowns of 136 teams this season, 24 (3.0 a game).

Against the closing line

Louisiana has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, by 2.1 points a game. Over the season it’s 6.1 a game over, 19th of 136.

Of the 9 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, Louisiana’s +6.1 is 2nd.

last 4

+2.1

before

+10.0

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Oct 3, 2026 vs Arkansas State −2.0
Oct 10, 2026 @ Louisiana Tech +2.0
Oct 17, 2026 vs Troy +24.0
Oct 24, 2026 @ Southern Miss −15.5

every game, with the line

Lately

Won 6 straight at homestreak

Nov 8, 2025 vs Texas State +3
Nov 29, 2025 vs Louisiana Monroe +3
Sep 5 vs Lamar +31
Sep 19 vs UAB +7
Oct 3 vs Arkansas State +3
Oct 17 vs Troy +27

the games, with the score

Louisiana has won 6 straight at home. Every game of it.
Date	Game	Result	Score
Nov 8, 2025	Louisiana vsTexas State	W	42–39
Nov 29, 2025	Louisiana vsLouisiana Monroe	W	30–27
Sep 5, 2026	Louisiana vsLamar	W	38–7
Sep 19, 2026	Louisiana vsUAB	W	21–14
Oct 3, 2026	Louisiana vsArkansas State	W	23–20
Oct 17, 2026	Louisiana vsTroy	W	33–6

Beat 7 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
- Nov 20, 2025 @ Arkansas State +4
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Louisiana Monroe +3
- Dec 17, 2025 vs Delaware −7
- Sep 5 vs Lamar +31
- Sep 19 vs UAB +7
- Sep 26 @ Charlotte +27
- Oct 3 vs Arkansas State +3
- Oct 10 @ Louisiana Tech −1
- Oct 17 vs Troy +27
- Oct 24 @ Southern Miss −4
Won 6 of its last 10count
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Louisiana Monroe +3
- Dec 17, 2025 vs Delaware −7
- Sep 5 vs Lamar +31
- Sep 12 @ USC −19
- Sep 19 vs UAB +7
- Sep 26 @ Charlotte +27
- Oct 3 vs Arkansas State +3
- Oct 10 @ Louisiana Tech −1
- Oct 17 vs Troy +27
- Oct 24 @ Southern Miss −4

every kind

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Against expected,

Against expected, this season, a game
a game	offense	defense
Points	+0.8 · 57th	−2.1 · 52nd
Total yards	−16 · 79th	−36 · 35th
Touchdowns	+0.3 · 51st	−0.2 · 57th
Passing efficiency	−2.7 · 67th	−13.8 · 28th
3rd downs	+1.8% · 46th	−3.1% · 39th
Turnovers	−0.1 · 58th	+0.3 · 21st
Sacks	−0.4 · 45th	−1.0 · 118th
Penalty yards	−13.1 · 19th

Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.

every stat, every team

Seasons

2026 5–3
2025 6–7
2024 10–4
2023 6–7
2022 6–7
2021 13–1
2020 10–1
2019 11–3
2018 7–7
2017 5–7
2016 6–7
2015 4–8
2014 7–4
2013 1–4
2012 5–4
2011 1–4
2010 3–9
2009 6–6
2008 6–6
2007 3–9
2006 6–6
2005 6–5
2004 4–7
2003 4–8
2002 3–9
2001 3–8
2000 1–10
1999 2–9
1998 2–9
1997 1–10
1996 5–6
1995 6–5
1994 6–5
1993 8–3
1992 2–9
1991 2–8–1
1990 5–6
1989 7–4
1988 6–5
1987 6–5
1986 6–5
1985 4–7
1984 6–5
1983 4–6
1982 7–3–1
1981 1–9–1
1980 7–4
1979 4–7
1978 3–8
1977 6–4–2
1976 9–2
1975 6–5
1974 2–9
1973 0–10

Method

Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.