SE Louisiana at UL Monroe
SE Louisiana (1‑2) at UL Monroe (0‑2) — no line posted yet, but the model favors UL Monroe (60%).
How they got here
Last three games
SE Louisiana · 1-2
Picked #139 in the preseason · now #152.
1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
W 30–25 vs North Alabama #192 of 669
won by 5 as a 6.5-point favorite
L 14–39 @ South Alabama #61 of 669
lost by 25 as a 14-point underdog
L 28–34 vs Houston Christian #228 of 669
lost by 6 as a 24.5-point favorite
Last two games
UL Monroe · 0-2
Picked #153 in the preseason · now #161.
Two straight losses.
L 20–26 @ UAB #58 of 669
lost by 6 as a 9.5-point underdog
L 13–62 @ Mississippi State #130 of 669
lost by 49 as a 28.5-point underdog
What’s at stake
SE Louisiana
- SE Louisiana needs 5 more wins in the final 8 to reach bowl eligibility.
- SE Louisiana is the Southland program in the Texas-Louisiana corridor, where FCS football runs deep and conference games carry real stakes.
UL Monroe
- Bryant Vincent is behind Terry Bowden’s year-3 pace (0-2 vs. 2-0) — a win tonight widens the gap, a loss narrows it.
The series
SE Louisiana leads the series 6-3
9 meetings since 1975 · UL Monroe has won the last 2
- 2018UL Monroe 34–31
- 2010UL Monroe 21–20
- 1981SE Louisiana 50–47
- 1980SE Louisiana 55–30
- 1979SE Louisiana 13–0
Best players
UL Monroe
- Noah Flemmings (LB) · 20 tackles
- Jabari Tiller (DB) · 18 tackles
- Carl Fauntroy Jr. (S) · 12 tackles
Conditions
97°F · 4 mph wind
UL Monroe is worth +7.3 points (±4.0) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top tenth of FBS, 94th percentile.
41% at home, 13% on the road against FBS opponents (15–22 home, 7–45 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +5.5 at home vs. away over 73 games — inside the ±7.3 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 168 miles to get here.
Recent games
UL Monroe
- Wk 1Lat Mississippi State13-62
- Wk 2Lat UAB20-26
SE Louisiana
- Wk 1Lvs Houston Christian28-34
- Wk 1Lat South Alabama14-39
- Wk 2Wvs North Alabama30-25