AP NO. 12 · SEC

KENTUCKY WILDCATS

6–1 overall · 4–1 conference · Lexington, KY · Kroger Field ↗

Kentucky is 6–1 overall and 4–1 in SEC play, with a No. 12 AP ranking. The team is tied for No. 2 in the SEC through Week 7. Kentucky has won 5 straight, with a +3.3 average scoring margin over its last three. 5 regular-season games remain, beginning with Vanderbilt on Oct 24.

Updated Oct 18

TEAM TRADITION

C-A-T-S CHEER

CHANT

Kentucky’s spelling cheer builds from a slow call into a full-speed finish, giving the crowd a familiar way to rally the Wildcats.

Kentucky Athletics traditions ↗

OFFICIAL TEAM LINKS

FOLLOW KENTUCKY

Athletics site ↗

FORECAST + SCHEDULE CONTEXT

POWER OUTLOOK

POWER SIGNALNO. 91Division I average scoring margin

REMAINING SLATE3 TOP 25opponents across 5 games

NEXT GAME79%Kentucky win probability

Next-game probability appears when qualifying data is available in The Football Grid. No estimate is shown before then.

NATIONAL COMPARISON

TEAM PROFILE

Division I · through Week 7

SCORING OFFENSE32.7NO. 73points per game

SCORING DEFENSE25.9NO. 147points allowed/game

AVG. MARGIN+6.9NO. 91points per game

Calculated from completed 2026 games in The Football Grid dataset.

WEEK 8

UP NEXT

SEC GAME

#12 Kentucky6–1 · SEC 4–1

VSSAT, OCT 247:30P ET · SEC Network

VanderbiltSEC

VAN

Kroger Field ↗ · Lexington, KY Game details ↗

WIN PROBABILITYUK 79%

FORMUK W5 · VAN L4

SCORING MARGINUK +6.9 · VAN -6.1

STAKESConference game

Kentucky brings the stronger scoring profile and the home-field edge.

ALL SEASON · ONE VIEW

2026 SCHEDULE

7 played · 5 remaining

SEP 5VSYoungstown StateLexington, KYSECN+W 45–13

SEP 12VS#13 AlabamaLexington, KYDisney+L 17–45

SEP 19@Texas A&MCollege Station, TXESPNW 31–21

SEP 26VSSouth AlabamaLexington, KYSEC NetworkW 45–21

OCT 3@South CarolinaColumbia, SCSEC NetworkW 35–34

OCT 10VS#18 LSULexington, KYESPNW 35–34

OCT 17@OklahomaNorman, OKSEC NetworkW 21–13

OCT 24VSVanderbiltLexington, KYSEC Network7:30P

OCT 31—BYE WEEKNo game scheduled—BYE

NOV 7@#11 TennesseeKnoxville, TNTBDTBD

NOV 14VS#20 FloridaLexington, KYTBDTBD

NOV 21@#22 MissouriColumbia, MOTBDTBD

NOV 28VSLouisvilleRIVALRYLexington, KYTBDTBD