The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks are 44.5-point underdogs to the No. 1 Texas Longhorns for Saturday’s game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium as head coach Steve Sarkisian’s program closes out the non-conference portion of its schedule against the nation’s No. 112 team in this week’s SP+ rankings from ESPN.
That ranking represents some improvement for a program that went 2-10 last season under Terry Bowden, who was fired in favor of former UAB and UNM assistant Bryant Vincent. With wins over Jackson State and UAB, Vincent has the Warhawks off to a positive start this season as he takes on one of the most difficult jobs in college football.