The Warhawks played their home games at Malone Stadium in Monroe, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference.

Also, the 50 point loss to Louisiana, their main rival, was the largest margin of defeat suffered in the history of the rivalry for either squad.

Louisiana–Monroe was picked to finish 5th in the West Division with 20 total votes.

[1] The Warhawks had four players selected to the preseason All−Sun Belt teams; three from the offense and one from the defense.

They will travel to Troy, South Alabama, Georgia State, and Arkansas State Louisiana-Monroe had games against Arkansas, Cal Poly, and Georgia, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.