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 had been answered as they scratched and clawed their approach to a 30-27 additional time victory over rival Louisiana-Monroe for his or her sixth win of the season. With that victory comes bowl eligibility, marking the ninth season total and fourth season underneath Michael Desormeaux that the Cajuns will go bowling.
Weeks in the past, this coveted sixth win was only a objective, one thing that stored the injury-riddled Cajuns pushed regardless of the season not going as anticipated. Now that their objective 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 below 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 recreation 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 commonest opponent being Florida Worldwide.
If not the Panthers, one skilled has the Cajuns going through a cross-state rival in Louisiana Tech. The final time the Bulldogs and the Cajuns confronted off was again in 2015, with Tech profitable 43-14.
Irrespective of the opponent, the Cajuns must be prepared for a highway journey with bowl recreation set to kick off at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 23 on the Flagler Credit score Union Stadium.
The second most typical bowl recreation projection for the Cajuns is a extra native recreation within the Radiance Applied sciences Independence Bowl, which is about for 1 p.m. CT on Dec. 30 on the Independence Stadium in Shreveport. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and School 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 recreation for the primary time ever. Athlon Sports activities’ Steven Lassan has the Cajuns touring to Montgomery, AL, for the Veterans Bowl, which is about for 8 p.m. CT on Dec. 16 on the Cramton Bowl. The projected opponent is Jackson State.
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