The Louisville Cardinals and NC State meet for an ACC showdown in Raleigh at 7 p.m. ET on Friday. For this game, the SportsLine consensus lists the Cardinals as 3.5-point favorites, while the over/under is 56 and Louisville is the -177 favorite on the money line (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before making any Louisville vs. NC State picks, you NEED to check out the college football predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

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The model knows Louisville is highly explosive on offense. The Cardinals put up 56 points and almost 600 yards last week in a win over Boston College, and Louisville leads the ACC with 542.0 yards per game. Louisville is in the top five of FBS with 7.7 yards per play this season, and the Cardinals lead the ACC in passing yards and rushing yards per game. 

The model also knows NC State has a stout defense. The Wolfpack are allowing only 326.0 total yards and 114.5 rushing yards per game in 2023, and opponents are completing only 58.1% of passes against NC State. On the ground, the Wolfpack yield only 3.7 yards per carry, and NC State is in the top 15 nationally in third down defense (30.0%). 

Now, it has set its sights on Louisville vs. NC State. We can tell you the model is leaning Under the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in well over 50% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any college football picks.

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