Jeff Brohm and Louisville football turned heads this past offseason with their additions from the Transfer Portal. The Cardinals not only recruited and landed over 31 transfers, but also avoided disastrous scenarios such as losing Isaac Brown, Antonio Watts, AJ Green, and others.
So, now Louisville is trending as a College Football Playoff dark horse, as Brohm and the Cardinals are trying to punch their ticket to the program’s first playoff. With Louisville eyeing its first ACC football title and first College Football Playoff ticket, Cardinals fans are looking up and down their schedule in early July to see which games could trip them up.
Well, Josh Pate just said the quiet part out loud to the rest of the nation as the Cardinals have a huge game on their schedule, and it comes in Week 3 against SMU. And when looking at that game he just made it clear how massive this week 3 showdown is.
Louisville vs SMU has major CFP implications
College football fans and media don’t give Louisville much time or attention. When it comes to football talk in the ACC, the Miami Hurricanes get a lot of that spotlight, but Pate listed out the six most underrated games in 2026, and Louisville vs SMU is at the top of his mind…