21st place on ESPN’s 2024 Preseason FPI was held by Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY: The 2023 campaign proved to be a huge success for the Louisville football program. As Jeff Brohm took over as head coach of his alma university, the Cardinals finished with a 10-4 record, their first ten-win campaign in ten years, and an ACC Championship spot for the first time ever. As you may expect, there’s a lot of local and national excitement surrounding Brohm’s second year in charge. In football, Louisville is bringing in the No. 2 transfer portal class, building on the success of the previous year.
That all being said, how well will Louisville perform in year two of the Jeff Brohm era? There might be roughly three months until kickoff, but we already have some idea thanks to the folks at ESPN.
ESPN recently released the preseason iteration of their Football Power Index rankings, and like the SP+ college football metric, FPI is high on Louisville. For those unfamiliar, FPI is a “predictive rating system designed to measure team strength and project performance going forward,” vaguely similar to that of SP+.
So where does FPI place the Cards? With a rating of 10.0, they come in at No. 21 in all of FBS. As it pertains to the ACC, they rank No. 3 in the league, behind only league-favorite Florida State and Clemson. Georgia, Oregon, Texas, Ohio State and Alabama round out the top five overall.
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