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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
FSU
Florida State
Atlantic Coast • Seminoles
AWAY
@
LOU
Louisville
Atlantic Coast • Cardinals
HOME
FSU 14 – LOU 28 • 3 6:35
🎯Win Probability Forecast
FSU
35%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
FSU 27 – LOU 33
Total: 60 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: FSU -3.5 • total 59.5
DraftKings • context only, not a pick
LOU (HOME)
65%
win probability
Model cfb-sp-v1: SP+ edge, home field, rest and travel. Officials are not published in the college feed, so there is no crew adjustment.
🧠What drives the forecast
✓Louisville holds the ratings edge over Florida State, about 4.2 points on SP+.
✓Home field for Louisville is worth about 2.5 points.
✓Florida State travels about 500 miles.
Penalty risk
🚩Atlantic Coast crews call 11% more penalties than the FBS average (14.1 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
🚩FSU draws False Start 1.6 times a game over 5 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 11% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.8 expected.
🚩LOU draws Offensive Holding 1.2 times a game over 5 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.4 expected.
🚩FSU draws Offensive Holding 1.0 times a game over 5 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.1 expected.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatFlorida StateLouisville
SP+ overall rank5336
SP+ offense rank3519
SP+ defense rank7466
Pass rate43%52%
Plays per game70.467.4
Explosive play rate8.4%8.2%
Explosives allowed5.4%5.7%
Sack rate (defense)8.4%6.4%
Offense success rate44.8%49.7%
Offense PPA / play0.260.33
Defense PPA allowed0.110.14
Havoc rate (defense)17.2%13.2%
Florida State derived scheme
limits explosivespressure defenserun heavy
Louisville derived scheme
balanced
SP+ and advanced stats from CFBD for the current season; scheme tags derived from the play-by-play. Lower rank is better.
🏃Officiating Crew
ACC Atlantic Coast officials
Atlantic Coast crews call 11% more penalties than the FBS average (14.1 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
Flags / game
14.1
FBS average
12.74
vs FBS
+11%
Yards / game
125.9
On home team
48%
Home lean
+0.1 pts
Most called
False Start2.92 / game
Offensive Holding2.49 / game
Defensive Pass Interference1.37 / game
Defensive Offside0.74 / game
Defensive Holding0.61 / game
Roughing the Passer0.59 / game
136 games on file for this conference's crews over the last two seasons. Officials are not published for college games. College crews are assigned by conference, so this is the profile of the conference that staffs this game.
📋Coaching Staffs
Florida State
Head coachMike Norvell
Louisville
Head coachJeff Brohm
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Fri Oct 9, 7:00 PM ET
Venue
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
Location
Louisville, KY
Roof
outdoor
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published