kentucky football record last 10 years against top 10 opponent

The Kentucky Wildcats have a 4-16 record against the AP top 10 between October 2, 2016 and October 2, 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Kentucky	11/18/2017	0-1	UK	@	UGA	L 13-42	.000	1	17	262	504	30.8	50.0
2	Kentucky	11/3/2018	0-1	UK	vs	UGA	L 17-34	.000	2	21	310	444	53.8	0.0
3	Kentucky	9/14/2019	0-1	UK	vs	FLA	L 21-29	.000	3	26	407	438	53.3	50.0
4	Kentucky	10/19/2019	0-1	UK	@	UGA	L 0-21	.000	0	10	177	270	23.1	0.0
5	Kentucky	9/26/2020	0-1	UK	@	AUB	L 13-29	.000	2	21	384	324	60.0	0.0
6	Kentucky	10/31/2020	0-1	UK	vs	UGA	L 3-14	.000	0	15	229	346	43.8	66.7
7	Kentucky	11/21/2020	0-1	UK	@	ALA	L 3-63	.000	0	12	179	509	15.4	0.0
8	Kentucky	11/28/2020	0-1	UK	@	FLA	L 10-34	.000	1	15	221	418	15.4	66.7
9	Kentucky	10/2/2021	1-0	UK	vs	FLA	W 20-13	1.000	3	13	224	382	11.1	0.0
10	Kentucky	10/16/2021	0-1	UK	@	UGA	L 13-30	.000	2	16	243	416	47.4	100.0
11	Kentucky	10/29/2022	0-1	UK	@	TENN	L 6-44	.000	1	14	205	422	15.4	66.7
12	Kentucky	11/19/2022	0-1	UK	vs	UGA	L 6-16	.000	1	17	295	363	27.3	33.3
13	Kentucky	10/7/2023	0-1	UK	@	UGA	L 13-51	.000	2	12	183	608	18.2	100.0
14	Kentucky	11/11/2023	0-1	UK	vs	ALA	L 21-49	.000	3	11	253	444	27.3	0.0
15	Kentucky	11/25/2023	1-0	UK	@	LOU	W 38-31	1.000	5	16	289	403	33.3	100.0
16	Kentucky	9/14/2024	0-1	UK	vs	UGA	L 12-13	.000	0	23	284	262	56.3
17	Kentucky	9/28/2024	1-0	UK	@	MISS	W 20-17	1.000	2	22	336	353	25.0	100.0
18	Kentucky	11/2/2024	0-1	UK	@	TENN	L 18-28	.000	2	19	360	477	28.6	0.0
19	Kentucky	11/23/2024	0-1	UK	@	TEX	L 14-31	.000	2	14	232	441	16.7	66.7
20	Kentucky	9/19/2026	1-0	UK	@	TXAM	W 31-21	1.000	4	18	408	423	33.3	100.0
	Average							.200	1.8	16.6	274.1	412.4	33.8	0.0
	Total		4-16					.200	36	332	5,481	8,247	33.8	51.4

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More Kentucky Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

876

Minchey

RUSH

326

Patterson

REC

226

Darby

Team Rankings

PPG

34.5

52nd

OPP PPG

25.0

95th

RUSH YDS/G

203.5

33rd

PASS YDS/G

219.0

97th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Ole Miss	1-1	3-1
7	Auburn	1-1	3-1
8	Kentucky	1-1	3-1
9	LSU	1-1	3-1
10	Missouri	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	UK	@	SCAR	4:15 PM
Sat 10/10	LSU	@	UK	7:00 PM
Sat 10/17	UK	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	VAN	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	UK	@	TENN	1:00 PM

Last Game

South Alabama

2 - 2

Final

Kentucky

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250