[Live-Stream] Miami vs Louisville Free College Football 2020

The first meeting pitting two ranked teams against one another in the ACC this year takes center stage Saturday night when No. 17 Miami travels to play No. 18 Louisville. It’s the first of several meetings between teams that are facing the ACC’s 10-game conference schedule in 2020 with hopes of making a run at Clemson and playing for the league title.

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Because the ACC has elected to go to a 15-team, one division format with the top two teams (by winning percentage) making the ACC Championship Game in December, the pool for championship contenders has expanded. Clemson no longer stands in the way of the Atlantic Division teams, like Louisville, that believe they might be the second-best team in the conference and Coastal Division teams, like Miami, now have much more competition for a bid to the conference championship game. Throw in that Notre Dame is a member for one year only and eligible to play for and win the conference crown and 2020 is without a doubt the most exciting season of the championship game era in the ACC.

Both Miami and Louisville looked solid in their season-opening wins against Conference USA opponents, with the Hurricanes taking down UAB last Thursday and the Cardinals running past in-state rival Western Kentucky on Saturday night. With their lone nonconference game out of the way, their 10-game ACC schedules kick off this week with one of the toughest opponents they’ll each have to face all season.

Miami: The Hurricanes’ 52-27 win against Louisville was an outlier in the 2019 season. Miami scored 30 or more points just one other time against FBS competition, and that was a 42-35 loss to Virginia Tech. The Cardinals made a ton of mistakes and Jarren Williams made them pay with six touchdown passes in the rout, and for the moment it seemed like Miami’s offense had turned a corner. But the result proved to be a mirage with losses to FIU, Duke and Louisiana Tech before Manny Diaz decided to make a change at offensive coordinator and hit the transfer portal for a new option under center.

Enter Rhett Lashlee and his up-tempo attack with D’Eriq King leading the way, and the initial results against a solid UAB defensive front were encouraging. The Hurricanes totaled 337 rushing yards on 52 attempts (6.5 yards per carry) with three touchdowns and controlled the game by pushing the tempo and highlighting their athleticism at the skill positions. So far so good, but the offensive line still has some work to do before this new-look unit is ready to hold up its end of the bargain in making Miami an ACC title contender.

Louisville: Quarterback Micale Cunningham is on his way to being one of the most overlooked and underrated stars in this league. We throw blanket praise over the Cardinals offense because of their many weapons, from running back Javian Hawkins to wide receivers Tutu Atwell and Dez Fitzpatrick, but Cunningham is more than a bus driver who gets the ball to the playmakers on time. Cunningham is budding into a dynamic playmaker in his own right, and his ability to stress defenses with the vertical passing game is going to be a headache for opposing defensive coordinators all season. Much will be made of King and his journey to becoming the Hurricanes starter, but it’s possible the best quarterback in this game is on the other sideline.

Date: Saturday, Sept. 19 | Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: Cardinal Stadium — Louisville, Kentucky
TV: ABC | Live stream: fuboTV (Try for free)