JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It’s one of the oddest betting lines of the bowl season.
No. 24 North Carolina State (8-3) is a 2 ½-point underdog against Kentucky (4-6) in the TaxSlayer Gator...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Chris Rodriguez Jr. rushed for three touchdowns, Terry Wilson and A.J. Rose each rushed for one, and Kentucky rolled South Carolina 41-18 Saturday night in the regular season...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Trask’s college football career, maybe even his current Heisman Trophy campaign, essentially began at Kentucky last season.
Kentucky welcomed its bye week after six grueling games, a stretch during which the Wildcats experienced more valleys than peaks.
Now the rested Wildcats (2-4 Southeastern Conference) seek...
Kentucky is still looking for its first win of the season after expecting to contend for the Southeastern Conference.
Unlike last fall when the Wildcats started the season 2-3, they have...
The TCU-Texas game needed three tries at the opening kickoff to get it right and the officials' misadventures continued right up to the final play.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops says reserve running back Kavosiey Smoke is out “a couple of weeks” after breaking a rib during Saturday’s overtime home loss to...
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Kentucky quarterback Terry Wilson has waited for football's return even longer than most of his Southeastern Conference brethren.
Kentucky is hoping to build off last season’s success as the Wildcats play an expanded Southeastern Conference schedule featuring several Top 25 teams.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It's rare when a team starts a quarterback in a bowl game with more yards rushing, receiving, and returning than he has passing.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is bowl-bound.
Lynn Bowden rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns to lead Kentucky to a 50-7 win over UT Martin on Saturday and into the postseason for the...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — All that stands between Kentucky and bowl eligibility is UT Martin.
If the Wildcats (5-5) can avoid a letdown and get a win against FCS-level UT Martin (7-4) in...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mark Stoops wasn’t sure how his team would respond after suffering a disappointing loss to Tennessee the previous week.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason is trying to get the Commodores to focus on the immediate task of playing Kentucky with three games left in a disappointing...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Persevering through rough stretches this football season has helped Kentucky and Tennessee remain hopeful of becoming bowl eligible.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Lynn Bowden Jr. is hard to stop on a dry turf. He proved to be even harder to slow down in a steady downpour.
The Kentucky junior converted quarterback rushed for 204...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops should expect a hard-fought game against Missouri based on the teams' recent history.
The Wildcats (3-4, 1-4 Southeastern Conference) have...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Kentucky faces South Carolina on Saturday night, the winner will let out a sigh of relief and the loser will be in all-out free fall.
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Kylin Hill rushed for 120 yards and three touchdowns to lead Mississippi State to a 28-13 victory over Kentucky on Saturday.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops says quarterback Terry Wilson will miss the remainder of the season with a torn patellar tendon that will require surgery.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Sawyer Smith hurriedly tossed the football to a Kentucky teammate as medical personnel tended to quarterback Terry Wilson while he lay on the turf with an injured left...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky quarterback Terry Wilson will have an MRI on his left knee after he left Saturday night's 38-17 victory against Eastern Michigan with an injury sustained on a...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky and Eastern Michigan overcame rough starts to win their openers. Their mutual goal is a quicker start to help remain unbeaten.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops knows that duplicating last season's success is asking a lot.
After all, the Wildcats won 10 games for the first time since 1977 — including...
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference pays big money to its coaches and that's one reason patience is often in short supply when things go wrong.
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Kentucky ended its 31-game losing streak against Florida last year. Now, coach Mark Stoops was asked a tongue-in-cheek question about whether the Wildcats were ready to start a...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Winning 10 games, beating Penn State on New Year's Day, and finishing in the Top 20 is no small deal for the Kentucky Wildcats.
So when Mark Stoops took a seat on the podium flanked by linebacker Josh Allen and running back Benny Snell Jr. after Tuesday's 27-24 victory in the Citrus Bowl, the coach understandably was beyond excited.
"It was extremely important to this team, to all of us, to come home with some hardware, to come home with a trophy," Stoops said.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winner of the Citrus Bowl will finish with 10 wins, and that would be a big deal for No. 13 Penn State and No. 16 Kentucky.
The Nittany Lions and Wildcats take 9-3 records into Tuesday's matchup of teams from the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, with the opportunity to finish with double-digits providing extra motivation for both.
Penn State is looking to wind up with at least 10 wins in three consecutive seasons for the first time since 1980-82.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Southeastern Conference coaches have named Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Kentucky linebacker Josh Allen as offensive and defensive players of the year.
Kentucky's Mark Stoops is the SEC coach of the year in voting by league coaches announced on Wednesday.
Texas A&M's Braden Mann is the pick as top special teams player and Crimson Tide receiver Jaylen Waddle is freshman of the year. Alabama players also claimed two other awards.
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is the offensive player of the year and one of five members of the top-ranked Crimson Tide to earn first-team honors on The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference team.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — With room to run and time to throw against Louisville, Kentucky quarterback Terry Wilson had it easy living up to his nickname as "Terry Touchdown."
The No. 17 Wildcats found a similarly smooth path toward earning Bluegrass bragging rights.
Wilson accounted for 340 yards and four touchdowns, Benny Snell Jr. rushed for two scores and Kentucky blew out archrival Louisville 56-10 on Saturday night in the Governor's Cup.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's quest for a 10-win regular season has quickly shifted toward halting a losing streak.
The No. 20 Wildcats (7-3) have been outscored 58-24 in consecutive losses to No. 5 Georgia and Tennessee that wrapped up Southeastern Conference play. Kentucky hopes to get back on track in Saturday's home finale against Middle Tennessee (7-3), which will mean scoring more than the 17 points that seems to be its recent ceiling.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — No. 12 Kentucky is determined not to let a disappointing loss to No. 5 Georgia derail the rest of its season.
The Wildcats (7-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) need to correct a myriad of issues exposed in the 34-17 loss heading into Saturday's SEC finale at Tennessee (4-5, 1-5).
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Sixth-ranked Georgia is used to playing on the national stage. No. 11 Kentucky not so much.
But the Wildcats must deal with the sudden spotlight of playing the program's most important game in a generation.
The Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division title is on the line in Saturday's Top 25 nationally televised matchup between Georgia (7-1, 5-1 SEC, No. 6 CFP) and Kentucky (7-1, 5-1, No. 9 CFP). It's the schools' first meeting since 2007 with both teams ranked.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kentucky's offense didn't score a touchdown in the first 60 minutes against Missouri. But after the Tigers were called for pass interference in the end zone on what would have been the final play, the 12th-ranked Wildcats got one last chance from the 2 with no time left on the clock.
"I felt like I was going to have a heart attack," Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky players and coach Mark Stoops are pleased with the strong start to the season that has the No. 18 Wildcats ranked for the first time in 11 years and contending in the competitive Southeastern Conference.
Last week's overtime loss at Texas A&M revealed flaws that need correcting, so the Wildcats plan to use this week's bye to address those issues.
Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Kentucky counterpart Mark Stoops have history. One with closer ties than the football series between the schools.
The Aggies and Wildcats have met just twice on the gridiron — the last time was 65 years ago.
Under Nick Saban, the Alabama Crimson Tide always seems to start the season racking up wins.
The Georgia Bulldogs also seem to be starting that trend with Kirby Smart in charge.
But not everything is going according to plan in the Southeastern Conference.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Back in the Top 25 for the first time in nearly 11 years, 17th-ranked Kentucky now must meet the challenge that comes with having a target on its back.
South Carolina seems poised to take a shot as the Gamecocks seek to end their four-game losing streak to the Wildcats.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — No. 14 Mississippi State and Kentucky boast two of the Southeastern Conference's top three rushing offenses, and the similarities don't stop there.
The Bulldogs (3-0, 0-0 SEC) and Wildcats (3-0, 1-0) also boast mobile quarterbacks in Mississippi State senior Nick Fitzgerald and Kentucky sophomore Terry Wilson, creating the potential for a fast pace in Saturday night's showdown between the unbeaten schools.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's defense has met early season expectations, making big plays while the offense adjusts to a new quarterback.
The Wildcats have shut out opponents in the third quarter this season and boasts the SEC's fifth-ranked defense heading into Saturday's matchup with No. 14 Mississippi State.