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Louisville Cardinals college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Louisville are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Louisville Cardinals teams.

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Louisville football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Louisville football rankings
Massey Howell Sorenson TFS Hatch Loudsound Jellyjuke Squaregear Entropy CPI Moore Bihl Sagedrive Congrove M Cubed
Season Overall Rating Record Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating
2021 0.430 6 - 7 50 7.20 62 0.57 45 3409 51 141.21 59 0.47 71 37.16 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 42 80.67 60 1.18 N/A N/A 72 74.77 58 -0.36
2020 0.483 4 - 7 76 6.59 60 0.50 77 5802 N/A N/A 88 0.37 N/A N/A 98 -0.57 91 0.45 52 51.02 87 0.01 36 77.28 95 -5.89 N/A N/A 26 79.86 92 -1.69
2019 0.547 8 - 5 43 1.71 41 0.62 42 25823 41 141.31 41 0.53 41 45.39 36 0.47 34 0.56 55 49.33 33 0.05 44 68.05 39 4.88 36 0.65 45 42.19 38 0.07
2018 0.353 2 - 10 101 1.30 103 0.38 95 12975 100 128.63 107 0.18 103 27.75 114 -1.12 104 0.43 99 37.51 119 0.00 114 50.31 110 -11.48 109 0.25 121 9.41 105 -2.26
2017 0.571 8 - 5 29 1.91 34 0.67 31 23331 34 141.99 34 0.55 43 44.34 39 0.44 39 0.55 20 60.90 39 0.04 25 78.37 32 6.95 38 0.64 37 48.57 42 -0.02
2016 0.627 9 - 4 24 1.94 16 0.73 19 27770 23 147.00 29 0.61 22 49.17 29 0.76 25 0.58 14 87.65 30 0.06 20 77.38 25 8.91 26 0.72 19 57.86 31 0.51
2015 0.582 8 - 5 32 1.95 43 0.67 39 24253 42 143.37 40 0.56 60 42.75 45 0.42 44 0.56 35 77.20 42 0.04 41 71.95 42 6.16 44 0.64 49 55.89 49 0.03
2014 0.614 9 - 4 29 1.94 26 0.70 27 25666 28 145.82 24 0.63 30 48.97 25 0.71 24 0.58 26 79.70 26 0.06 32 74.20 27 8.85 26 0.71 25 52.92 30 0.41
2013 0.672 12 - 1 22 2.05 15 0.78 24 23673 22 143.62 20 0.66 14 55.80 14 1.25 18 0.61 19 83.37 15 0.09 21 79.23 19 12.44 14 0.83 3 75.53 8 1.50
2012 0.612 11 - 2 24 1.95 21 0.72 25 27413 21 96.90 18 0.66 17 53.36 17 0.96 17 0.60 42 75.19 16 0.08 37 72.27 19 10.76 16 0.80 18 62.92 20 0.89
2011 0.490 7 - 6 54 1.62 55 0.57 62 21895 59 86.92 47 0.49 56 40.60 58 0.06 56 0.53 61 69.26 54 0.03 41 70.33 61 0.30 56 0.55 59 37.34 66 -0.07
2010 0.469 7 - 6 56 1.72 60 0.56 65 18305 66 80.30 57 0.45 72 35.84 70 -0.14 65 0.50 68 70.58 61 0.02 47 70.46 68 -1.02 64 0.50 57 37.41 79 -0.53
2009 0.405 4 - 8 79 1.39 83 0.44 80 17395 86 75.62 78 0.37 84 31.57 85 -0.47 80 0.48 85 67.07 87 0.01 85 57.79 80 -3.92 84 0.39 93 20.63 76 -0.43
2008 0.421 5 - 7 79 1.47 84 0.45 81 21561 80 82.83 76 0.37 79 34.05 78 -0.37 74 0.48 82 64.02 75 0.01 82 57.63 77 -3.93 77 0.43 81 25.89 84 -0.59
2007 0.500 6 - 6 41 1.76 54 0.58 49 23212 56 85.76 53 0.50 56 38.95 59 0.06 54 0.52 42 78.37 56 0.02 51 69.37 48 2.92 56 0.54 57 36.98 67 -0.15
2006 0.746 12 - 1 2 2.40 2 0.89 4 34644 4 108.03 3 0.84 2 62.53 4 1.77 2 0.67 3 91.64 2 0.17 5 86.37 5 19.11 2 0.98 4 79.76 3 1.92
2005 0.604 9 - 3 27 1.96 22 0.71 23 30911 27 101.14 27 0.60 21 48.54 21 0.79 22 0.58 14 85.07 22 0.06 15 80.78 26 7.36 21 0.73 11 63.79 21 0.93
2004 0.701 11 - 1 5 2.17 7 0.84 10 33899 9 109.66 12 0.73 8 57.66 7 1.48 8 0.63 7 89.49 9 0.11 8 84.42 6 16.65 8 0.90 5 85.25 8 1.65
2003 0.509 9 - 4 57 1.56 48 0.59 61 22283 60 87.08 49 0.49 38 45.23 39 0.40 50 0.54 53 72.64 47 0.03 62 59.86 50 2.23 39 0.62 42 47.41 31 0.72
2002 0.478 7 - 6 69 1.44 62 0.55 65 18631 64 111.60 64 0.43 64 37.50 60 0.02 64 0.50 62 71.24 65 0.02 73 56.87 63 -0.46 63 0.51 57 39.96 57 0.18
2001 0.637 11 - 2 25 1.97 15 0.75 23 29936 20 126.84 22 0.63 17 51.87 17 1.02 16 0.60 21 82.67 16 0.09 38 68.95 17 10.46 16 0.80 8 67.82 13 1.24
2000 0.592 9 - 3 37 1.78 32 0.67 37 27298 33 120.56 28 0.60 24 48.81 22 0.77 20 0.57 40 77.04 14 0.07 38 67.61 31 6.58 20 0.73 22 58.43 14 1.10
1999 0.510 7 - 5 44 1.69 45 0.59 42 24910 45 103.95 43 0.50 46 39.49 45 0.17 46 0.53 42 72.59 43 0.03 57 63.00 42 2.69 48 0.57 55 42.52 46 0.14
1998 0.466 7 - 5 65 1.49 51 0.54 58 2492 55 99.89 60 0.41 52 39.74 51 0.07 48 0.52 58 67.87 48 0.02 63 59.00 55 -0.11 49 0.55 53 41.92 46 0.31
1997 0.260 1 - 10 104 1.01 105 0.21 102 -10759 106 80.18 105 0.09 109 15.04 107 -1.52 110 0.35 105 48.10 109 0.00 69 59.00 106 -17.37 107 0.07 105 7.90 105 -2.16
1996 0.452 5 - 6 58 1.62 62 0.49 55 4254 55 99.71 52 0.45 68 34.98 56 -0.07 65 0.49 50 69.94 66 0.01 69 60.00 52 0.10 61 0.47 60 36.48 63 -0.10
1995 0.489 7 - 4 54 1.69 51 0.55 50 3671 54 101.35 53 0.45 51 39.11 52 0.11 57 0.51 54 71.01 55 0.02 35 70.00 54 0.46 52 0.54 47 52.16 55 0.07
1994 0.453 6 - 5 65 1.50 59 0.51 49 1105 58 99.12 44 0.48 49 38.57 55 0.00 54 0.50 68 67.81 52 0.02 60 63.00 57 -0.56 51 0.52 49 24.59 78 -0.65
1993 0.594 9 - 3 20 2.08 19 0.73 20 10817 19 115.44 24 0.64 17 51.13 17 0.94 20 0.59 23 81.07 20 0.07 30 72.00 16 11.34 19 0.77 23 36.13 15 1.15
1992 0.475 5 - 6 46 1.60 50 0.53 54 3267 55 100.12 52 0.45 59 34.81 55 -0.08 53 0.50 47 76.52 59 0.01 62 62.00 53 0.11 57 0.49 N/A N/A 49 0.08
1991 0.318 2 - 9 92 1.00 95 0.27 96 -6620 98 82.42 96 0.13 96 22.30 98 -1.28 94 0.40 87 60.35 97 0.00 93 50.00 98 -14.34 N/A N/A N/A N/A 99 -1.88
1990 0.604 10 - 1 - 1 17 2.00 18 0.74 26 6366 28 110.45 20 0.63 14 51.68 15 0.97 16 0.59 18 82.48 13 0.08 27 72.00 21 9.58 N/A N/A N/A N/A 17 1.01
1989 0.461 6 - 5 51 1.52 49 0.54 59 -1259 60 98.97 51 0.44 60 35.46 63 -0.17 60 0.49 56 66.10 55 0.02 43 67.00 60 -1.31 N/A N/A N/A N/A 61 -0.20
1988 0.541 8 - 3 44 1.65 38 0.61 34 4039 26 109.44 25 0.58 32 45.39 28 0.57 23 0.57 36 77.92 24 0.06 63 61.00 32 5.42 N/A N/A N/A N/A 28 0.77
1987 0.352 3 - 7 - 1 86 1.06 93 0.34 80 -6946 77 90.50 97 0.14 93 24.07 80 -0.67 90 0.42 74 64.54 88 0.00 98 45.00 83 -8.16 N/A N/A N/A N/A 87 -1.44
1986 0.325 3 - 8 87 0.97 94 0.32 87 -7464 96 83.51 97 0.15 93 22.93 97 -1.13 95 0.40 83 57.14 93 0.00 96 47.00 94 -11.68 N/A N/A N/A N/A 96 -2.12
1985 0.267 2 - 9 108 0.42 105 0.26 105 -11992 102 81.42 109 0.05 108 17.03 109 -1.57 104 0.38 108 52.64 103 0.00 106 42.00 108 -17.53 N/A N/A N/A N/A 101 -2.96
1984 0.327 2 - 9 96 0.87 100 0.32 101 -10341 89 88.87 101 0.15 99 21.01 96 -1.00 101 0.38 98 60.11 97 0.00 95 48.00 97 -10.57 N/A N/A N/A N/A 105 -5.44
1983 0.372 3 - 8 88 1.09 94 0.35 76 -3398 86 93.33 88 0.26 92 25.60 92 -0.79 86 0.44 91 62.21 89 0.00 91 51.00 86 -6.47 N/A N/A N/A N/A 78 -0.74
1982 0.416 5 - 6 74 1.27 81 0.41 78 -3878 72 95.49 80 0.30 71 33.56 78 -0.38 72 0.47 77 69.40 71 0.01 73 56.00 71 -3.36 N/A N/A N/A N/A 68 -0.51
1981 0.444 5 - 6 81 1.19 91 0.47 75 -472 85 96.37 96 0.32 85 33.83 70 0.01 91 0.47 70 74.70 87 0.01 71 58.00 51 2.72 N/A N/A N/A N/A 88 -0.44
1980 0.489 5 - 6 52 1.49 63 0.56 36 5414 42 107.63 61 0.44 75 36.13 51 0.23 69 0.50 59 70.77 69 0.02 54 62.00 42 3.93 N/A N/A N/A N/A 84 -0.30
1979 0.434 4 - 6 - 1 85 1.14 86 0.49 78 -1075 80 99.08 80 0.38 N/A N/A 91 -0.25 85 0.47 90 62.30 90 0.01 86 55.00 78 -2.21 N/A N/A N/A N/A 78 -0.19
1978 0.478 7 - 4 71 1.29 51 0.59 87 -3302 63 102.71 56 0.48 48 41.08 63 0.08 50 0.53 60 72.31 43 0.04 79 56.00 72 -1.04 N/A N/A N/A N/A 53 0.17
1977 0.461 7 - 4 - 1 83 1.21 67 0.57 83 -1328 78 100.29 77 0.41 53 40.23 47 0.43 65 0.51 83 60.23 55 0.03 79 56.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 49 0.42
1976 0.399 4 - 7 99 0.98 89 0.46 91 -3252 94 94.58 88 0.36 86 32.63 96 -0.50 87 0.47 94 59.97 91 0.01 107 51.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 58 0.02
1975 0.232 1 - 10 129 0.33 135 0.20 133 -14154 131 77.86 134 0.01 137 10.81 134 -1.53 136 0.33 118 36.52 137 0.00 133 37.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 124 -3.03
1974 0.382 4 - 7 88 1.04 95 0.40 85 -3701 90 93.86 85 0.33 83 30.82 90 -0.44 88 0.46 83 60.96 89 0.01 117 43.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 76 -0.48
1973 0.387 5 - 6 88 0.93 75 0.48 98 -6965 96 90.36 77 0.37 80 32.75 90 -0.44 83 0.46 87 54.49 83 0.01 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 83 -0.62
1972 0.577 9 - 1 43 1.54 27 0.70 35 5998 39 109.86 25 0.62 15 52.98 14 1.08 17 0.60 30 78.96 17 0.08 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18 1.07
1971 0.472 6 - 3 - 1 64 1.30 49 0.56 52 1332 59 102.54 59 0.44 48 39.12 52 0.11 49 0.52 47 70.52 39 0.03 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 53 0.10
1970 0.506 8 - 3 - 1 69 1.34 45 0.62 55 2311 54 105.30 56 0.48 45 43.34 24 0.69 40 0.54 64 66.73 22 0.05 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 51 0.34

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