Louisville heads to Atlanta on a three-game heater, and the Cardinals have a clean path to another milestone if they can handle Georgia Tech on Saturday.
The latest win came in emphatic fashion. Louisville rolled past Stanford 52-24, turning a seven-point halftime lead into a runaway after putting up 21 points in the third quarter.
Isaac Brown put the finishing touch on it with a 75-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth. The result moved the Cardinals to 5-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play.
That keeps Louisville in the hunt, even if the road to the ACC Championship Game is still steep. The simple math is clear: the Cardinals need to keep stacking wins, and this week brings another road test. Louisville is 1-1 away from home so far, with a win at Syracuse and a loss at North Carolina State, and now gets a third road game of the season against Georgia Tech.
Fans looking to follow the matchup can check the game details and the betting line, which comes courtesy of FanDuel. Louisville is listed as a 14.5-point favorite, with the over/under set at 62.5.
On the moneyline, Louisville is -650 and Georgia Tech is +470. Odds can change periodically.
The injury report gives a fuller picture of where both teams stand heading into Saturday. Louisville lists Travis Egan, Jacob Baker, Bryten Close, Sam Dawson, Antonio Watts, Hamilton Atkins, James Glover-Tyson and Anwar O’Neal as out.
Lawayne McCoy is questionable. Payton Cook is also listed under Louisville’s injuries.
Georgia Tech’s list is longer. The Yellow Jackets have Malachi Hosley, Rahkeem Smith, Kelvin Hill, Savion Riley, Fenix Felton, Will Kiker, Kyle Efford, Kevin Peay, Jr., Courtney Heard, Markell Samuel, Ethan Mackenny, Kentrell Davis, A.J.
Hoffler, Shymeik Jones and Landen Marshall all out. Anwar O’Neal is still OUT for Georgia Tech game.
Lawayne McCoy upgraded to Questionable from last week.
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- Mark Blankenbaker (@UofLSheriff50) November 5, 2026
History also leans Louisville’s way now, even if Georgia Tech controlled the first two meetings. The programs have met four times, in 2018, 2020, 2023 and 2024. Georgia Tech won the first two, 66-31 and 46-27, but Louisville has answered with back-to-back victories, 39-34 on a neutral field in 2023 and 31-19 at home in 2024.
ESPN Analytics gives Louisville an 87.7% chance to beat Georgia Tech this Saturday, and if the Cardinals get it done, it would be their third straight win over the Yellow Jackets and their first road victory in the series.
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The problem was that the same issues kept surfacing on the other side of the ball. Louisvilles zone coverage left openings, and the linebacker positioning did not hold up when Stanford started finding key conversions. Even as Kienholzs decisions shaped the offensive flow, the Cardinals could not get enough stops to make the early promise matter, which left the larger question hanging over the performance. [Read more 🡒]
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For a Louisville program that always keeps one eye on its alumni, it was the sort of performance that stands out even in a young NBA season. Browns scoring jump came in a game Brooklyn needed, as the Nets moved to 2-6, and it offered a reminder that his transition to the league is starting to produce moments worth watching closely. [Read more 🡒]