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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/usffan on 2025-05-30 14:11:25+00:00.
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Ooh la la, today we reach #85 in the countdown with Louisiana (high = 61, low = 104, do NOT call them Louisiana-Lafayette!). Coach Michael Desormeaux led the Ragin’ Cajuns to their first winning season with him at the helm and a Sun Belt West title before falling to Marshall in the conference championship game and then a thumping by TCU on the New Mexico Bowl last season. There’s not a lot of the production from last year that will be on the field in the new Our Lady of Lourdes stadium to start 2025, as the Ragin Cajun’s rank 114th overall, and below 100 on both sides of the ball. When you couple that with the 98th ranked incoming class nationally (including the 128th best portal class), it’s going to be interesting to see how Louisiana does with a team built by Desormeaux now that most of Billy Napier’s guys are gone. They will be helmed by former Ole Miss backup QB Walker Howard, but none of the receivers he’ll be throwing to had more than a handful of receptions last year. That being said, the schedule appears to be kind. Other than a trip to Missouri, the rest of their non-conference slate includes teams ranked well below them (Rice and Eastern Michigan) plus the Cajun Crown against McNeese State. A couple of their road conference games are at projected division winners South Alabama and James Madison, which could impact their ability to get back to the championship game, but the Cajuns should be Ragin’ in a bowl game again in '25.