Kentucky 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 6:49 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Kentucky Wildcats will meet Southern Miss in their 2024 season opener, on August 31. For the full Kentucky schedule, keep scrolling.

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2024 Kentucky Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
Southern Miss August 31 | 7:45 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub SEC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
South Carolina September 7 | 3:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ABC (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Georgia September 14 | 7:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ABC (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Ohio September 21 | 12:45 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub SEC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Ole Miss September 28 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN Networks (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Vanderbilt October 12 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Florida October 19 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Auburn October 26 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Tennessee November 2 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Murray State (FCS) November 16 | 1:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub SEC Network+
@ Texas November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Louisville November 30 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA

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Kentucky 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • Based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (81), the Wildcats have the 18th-toughest schedule in college football.
  • Kentucky will have the least difficult schedule in college football, based on our predictions.
  • In terms of toughness — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Kentucky will be playing the 44th-ranked schedule this year.
  • The Wildcats are facing the 35th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their SEC opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • Kentucky will play seven games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes five teams that ended with nine or more victories and two squads with less than four wins last season.
  • The Wildcats will play seven games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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Kentucky Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Wildcats ranked 100th in total offense (339.5 yards per game) and 45th in total defense (353.5 yards allowed per game) last season.
  • Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 73rd-worst in FBS last season (25.8 points allowed per game), Kentucky played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 58th in FBS by putting up 29.1 points per game.
  • The Wildcats ranked 85th in pass offense (211.6 passing yards per game) and 93rd in pass defense (240.5 passing yards allowed per game) last year.
  • On defense, Kentucky was a top-25 unit in terms of rushing yards last season, ranking 18th-best by allowing just 113.1 rushing yards per game. It ranked 97th on offense (127.9 rushing yards per game).
  • Kentucky had the 81st-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at -2, forcing 18 turnovers (58th in FBS) while turning it over 20 times (88th in FBS).

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