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Louisville Football: Ranking Cardinals’ 2020 opponents by toughness

By Connor Muldowney

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Murray State is known more for its basketball program, specifically producing Ja Morant, one of the best young point guards in the NBA. But the football program is looking to climb out of the basement of the Ohio Valley Conference.

The Racers finished just 4-8 last season with two wins in the Ohio Valley in 2019 and they’re projected to finish seven out of nine teams in the league this season. Murray State does return 18 starters, however, and former Eastern Kentucky head coach and Kentucky assistant Dean Hood should turn things around. Not in year one, though.

While Western Kentucky may be just No. 11 on this list, don’t sleep on the Hilltoppers as they finished 9-4 last season and are projected to finish second in the Conference USA East.

Tyson Helton is heading into his second year as head coach and if he continues this upward trajectory, he could be headed for a Power Five job soon enough. Western Kentucky finished the 2019 season on a four-game winning streak, including a win in the First Responder Bowl over Western Michigan.

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