—Spread check (Music City Bowl): Louisville by 3.5.
—After their loss to Ohio State last week, the U of L women’s basketball team is down five spots to No. 7 in this week’s AP poll.
—Jordan Nwora had one of the five best plays (video) of the week in the ACC.
—Jon Rothstein writes for The New York Times that Louisville and Ohio State appeared to have created some early separation between themselves and the rest of the country.
Louisville is playing elite defense. The Cardinals held Michigan and Pittsburgh to an average of 44.