Six wins.
The quantity six has been the magic quantity for Louisiana soccer within the second half of the 2025 faculty soccer season, as they spent that portion of the season striving for it.
On Nov. 29, the Ragin’ Cajuns prayers have been answered as they scratched and clawed their technique to a 30-27 time beyond regulation victory over rival Louisiana-Monroe for his or her sixth win of the season. With that victory comes bowl eligibility, marking the ninth season general and fourth season below Michael Desormeaux that the Cajuns will go bowling.
Weeks in the past, this coveted sixth win was only a aim, one thing that saved the injury-riddled Cajuns pushed regardless of the season not going as anticipated. Now that their aim has been completed, Desormeaux and the Cajuns await Choice Sunday on Dec. 7 to seek out out the place postseason play will take them.
Within the meantime, listed here are the place consultants are projecting the Cajuns will land on the finish of the common season.
Out of all the newest projections, essentially the most frequent bowl sport decide for the Cajuns has them heading to the Sunshine State, competing within the Boca Raton Bowl. ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura, CBS’s Brad Crawford, On3 Sports activities and ProFootball Community all have the Cajuns making a first-time look in Boca Raton, with the most typical opponent being Florida Worldwide.
If not the Panthers, one skilled has the Cajuns dealing with a cross-state rival in Louisiana Tech. The final time the Bulldogs and the Cajuns confronted off was again in 2015, with Tech successful 43-14.
Irrespective of the opponent, the Cajuns should be prepared for a street journey with bowl sport set to kick off at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 23 on the Flagler Credit score Union Stadium.
The second commonest bowl sport projection for the Cajuns is a extra native sport within the Radiance Applied sciences Independence Bowl, which is ready for 1 p.m. CT on Dec. 30 on the Independence Stadium in Shreveport. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and Faculty Soccer Information’ Pete Fiutak are projecting UL will make their second look within the Independence Bowl.
The Cajuns first look was again in 2022 the place they confronted the College of Houston, shedding 23-16. This go-round, consultants are projecting a Mountain West Convention and a Convention USA opponent.
Just one skilled has the Cajuns heading additional south to play within the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl sport for the primary time ever. Athlon Sports activities’ Steven Lassan has the Cajuns touring to Montgomery, AL, for the Veterans Bowl, which is ready for 8 p.m. CT on Dec. 16 on the Cramton Bowl. The projected opponent is Jackson State.
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