Kentucky is looking for a bounce-back campaign in 2025. The Wildcats are fresh off a highly disappointing 4-8 season and will be looking to flip the script with a roster that was built with heavy transfer portal volume. They will have to do that against one of the toughest schedules in college football.
According to Phil Steele’s College Football Preview magazine, Kentucky will play the ninth toughest schedule in college football.
- Wisconsin
- Mississippi State
- Arkansas
- South Carolina
- Syracuse
- LSU
- Oklahoma
- UCLA
- Kentucky
- Stanford
The Wildcats will face six teams in the top 25 of Phil Steele’s preseason power rankings: Texas (3), Georgia (7), Florida (10), Tennessee (20), Ole Miss (22), and Auburn (24). South Carolina (27) and Louisville (29) are just outside of the top 25. Kentucky sits at No. 50 overall.
This brutal slate occurs just one year after Kentucky played the eighth toughest schedule, according to Steele. For the Cats to overachieve expectations this fall, they are going to have to beat some good teams.
Kentucky’s 2026 schedule
| Date | Opponent | Stadium |
| Aug. 30 | Toledo | Kroger Field |
| Sept. 6 | Ole Miss | Kroger Field |
| Sept. 13 | Eastern Michigan | Kroger Field |
| Sept. 27 | South Carolina | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| Oct. 4 | Georgia | Sanford Stadium |
| Oct. 18 | Texas | Kroger Field |
| Oct. 25 | Tennessee | Kroger Field |
| Nov. 1 | Auburn | Jordan-Hare Stadium |
| Nov. 8 | Florida | Kroger Field |
| Nov. 15 | Tennessee Tech | Kroger Field |
| Nov. 22 | Vanderbilt | FirstBank Stadium |
| Nov. 29 | Louisville | L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium |
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