RALEIGH (Interstat) — Louisville and North Carolina State will meet Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Carter-Finley Stadium, with both teams seeking to move above .500. The Cardinals are the visiting team, while the Wolfpack will play at home. Louisville enters at 2-2, and North Carolina State also enters at 2-2.

Louisville will look to Lincoln Kienholz to lead its offense. The quarterback has been productive over his past four games. He passed for 324 yards in a 30-27 loss to Wake Forest and accounted for three touchdowns. Earlier, he threw for 177 yards and ran for 42 yards with three total touchdowns in a 41-31 win over SMU. Against Villanova, he passed for 332 yards and ran for 42 yards while accounting for four total touchdowns in a 59-13 win. At Ole Miss, he passed for 307 yards and ran for 69 yards with three total touchdowns in a 41-38 loss. In the Wake Forest game, Keyjuan Brown ran for 48 yards on 12 carries, and Isaac Brown added 33 yards on nine carries with four receptions for 11 yards.

North Carolina State will counter with CJ Bailey. The quarterback passed for 253 yards and ran for 6 yards while accounting for three total touchdowns in a 41-31 win over Appalachian State. At Vanderbilt, he passed for 275 yards and ran for 35 yards while accounting for three touchdowns in a 35-31 loss. In the Appalachian State win, Jayden Scott ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries and added two receptions for 8 yards. Davion Gause ran for 49 yards on 13 carries and caught one pass for 7 yards.

Louisville’s other results this season include a 41-31 win over SMU, a 59-13 win over Villanova and a 41-38 loss at Ole Miss. North Carolina State has beaten Richmond 73-0, lost 35-31 at Vanderbilt and lost 34-8 at Virginia. Louisville will host Florida State, Stanford and Pittsburgh and will visit Syracuse, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Kentucky. North Carolina State will host Wake Forest, California, Duke and Syracuse and will visit Stanford, Florida State and North Carolina. The Cardinals have scored 41 points or more in two games, and the Wolfpack have scored 41 points or more in two games.

Interstat’s game simulator projects North Carolina State 43, Louisville 42. North Carolina State has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5, and the over/under is 58.5.