5 games that could significantly help Louisville football’s playoff chances in week 7
By Derek Snyder
We take a look at which games this weekend would help Louisville football’s playoff chances this season.
Louisville football needs a little bit of help if they want to make it to the College Football Playoff this season. The easiest and most concrete way of making the big dance would have been by beating Clemson and going on to win the ACC Championship. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, it looks as though that route is not going to happen this season.
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It doesn’t mean that the season is over for Louisville. There are still many scenarios where the Cardinals could sneak their way into being the fourth team in the playoff. It won’t be easy and they can’t do anything but just win for themselves.
It’s nice as fans to worry and obsess over these things, but the football team needs to focus on just playing and winning. If they can do those things, everything else will fall into place. They just need to control what they are able to control. I’m confident that head coach Bobby Petrino has his team focused on one game at a time.
Louisville currently sits at number seven in the country and should have more than enough time to move up in the polls this season. You never know, maybe because they lost in early September will be a blessing, whereas the teams that lose late in the year could be penalized.
Either way, here are five games this weekend that could help Louisville football’s chances of making the playoffs.