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2026 Week 7 Kentucky Wildcats Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
luckroy	4
ehoefler	5	90.17 | +10
aggiebruin27	6
hythloday1	7
ShogunAshoka	7
bladefencer	8	0.907, +3, Pow: 16, Off: 15, Def: 22, SOR: 6
BlueSCar	8
GeauxTri	8	Quality wins at Texas A&M and over LSU; only loss came against Alabama.
KansasEF5Tornado	8
RJEP22	8
Stoneador	8	101 | 10 | 8
0010MK	9
cyberchaox	9	5-1, loss to #3 Alabama, wins over #17 South Carolina, #25 LSU, and #33 Texas A&M
Inkblot9	9
PlactusTX	9	LW: NR | Tier 2 | W Louisiana State
Tarmacked	9	Okay… so this Kentucky team may actually be very good and Oregon definitely misses Stein
Zef_Apollo	9	Underrated right now. I think they have the offensive and defensive pieces to really be a good team this year. I doubt they finish in the top 10 but thye've got some impressive SEC wins and one of the few teams in the country with a ranked win and 1 or fewer losses.
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	10
BosskOnASegway	10	1722.5 -> 1835.3 [+112.8] (#20 -> #10)
laprasrules	10
NotSoSuperNerd	10	1.858 [8.17-3.83]
bwburke94	11	+9.5502803 (LW: #9)
chillmagic420	11
DavoinShower-handle	11
one98d	11
Red261	11
retnuh101	11
srs_house	11
twitter_paulbd	11	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #4 Alabama and looked better in it than Mississippi State did.
UNC_Samurai	11
Cars-and-Coffee	12
Charlemagne42	12	Adjustment: 0%
ChBass	12	In a world where wins & losses don't count, LSU is a top-10 team. But in this world, beating LSU is worth way more than the loss to Alabama.
COLU_BUS	12
CommodoreN7	12
CPiGuy2728	12
daredassdude	12
djowen68	12
Dropbackandpunt	12
EpicSchwinn	12
Hey_Its_Roomie	12
ikindalikelemons	12
JamoRedhead	12
joebob431	12
kflinderman	12
Lex_Ludorum	12
nw____	12	I don’t think they are getting away with it, I think they are a good football team that never quits. Super gritty.
smartkeg	12	The LSU win plus the overtime comeback against South Carolina give Kentucky two excellent recent results. Have liked this team since their performance against Bama and I think they're improving as the season goes on.
Terminal_BAS	12
Bill3ffinMurray	13
Cassiyus	13
CFBHurts	13
chweris	13
DampFrijoles	13
douchebagjack	13	Best 3 Wins: L.S.U., Texas A&M, South Carolina. 1 Losses: Alabama. Big win over LSU. Kentucky looking good good at the moment tier 2b/3a: idk if these teams are CFB teams or best or the rest teams, all SEC teams so someone is in each spot. MSST > Mizzou in H2H, MSST/UK better losses (Bama) > Mizzou, Ole Miss (MSST, UF). Then MSST has the Missouri win, which feels better than Kentucky's LSU, but so close. Missouri over Ole Miss, since Mizzou beat Florida who beat Ole Miss, splitting hairs.
IAmAChemicalEngineer	13
infinitempg	13	0.834, +9
Justanother_0	13	The LSU win gives some legitimacy to Kentucky's placement in the mid 10's. Who knows, maybe they'll be able to push even further up the list...
justsaynotoreddit	13
MahjongDaily	13
manbeardawg	13
OldCoaly	13
Pyromania1983	13
Rcfan0902	13	912.80 (+10)
soonerfreak	13
Wescat	13
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	14
A_Rolling_Baneling	14
Acm0028	14
boxbeat	14
brucewaynewins	14
Chipsahoy523	14	+6
Chris-P-Creme	14
cyclonepsycho	14
e8odie	14
flyingcircusdog	14
frumious88	14
GatorBolt	14
HelioOne	14
HideNZeke	14
Keener1899	14
mellolizard	14
MemeofMemeJTG999999	14	(5-1) (up 11) W: 35-34 vs #13 LSU (4-2) Next Week: @ Oklahoma (3-2) Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Wisconsin
Mr_Brews	14
nbingham196	14
noahthearc	14
owl_man	14
PattyKane16	14
PeteyNice	14
Pikachu1989	14
Pollaski	14
royrules22	14
Ruhrgebietheld	14
skuhlke	14
studio_sally	14
SufferingfOrLife	14
T-Thugs	14	Kentucky is 5-1 with a nice win over LSU (4-2). Also beat Texas A&M (3-3) and South Carolina (3-3). Only loss is to Alabama.
tdeff19	14
TheReformedBadger	14
thomasosu	14
TouchdownHeroes	14
w8w8	14
Zloggt	14	Ok, Kentucky, you got me...I was too down on you for that Bama blowout, and now here you are, proving me MAJORLY wrong!
_fastball	15
BearsAreGreat1	15
BendrickLamar19	15
bernkastel87	15
bretticus733	15
CambodianDrywall	15
Casaiir	15
conchobor	15
corundum9	15
deadtofall12	15
elnino550	15
Euphoric_Relative_13	15
frone	15
GoBlueScrewOSU7	15
hascogrande	15
IceColdDrPepper_Here	15
Longvols	15
nemoran	15
Pablo49	15	824
RheagarTargaryen	15
RiffRamBahZoo	15
RollWarTideEagle	15
seaotter2	15
SteemieRayVaughn	15
T-nawtical	15
Texasagsman	15
titansfan174	15
TopGoose	15
TossedRightOut	15
udderlymoovelous	15
AlexanderComet	16
ALStark69	16	NR; 35-34 wins in OT back to back wins will be an Aflac trivia question one day
BallSoHerd	16
Corgi_Koala	16
diehardcubforever	16
digdat0	16	16. Kentucky — Score: 0.176 | Results: 1.096, SOS Rank: #2, Quality: 0.129, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 2, Off Rk: #20, Def Rk: #43
Doogitywoogity	16	Huge win vanquishing lane Kiffin. Thank you Kentucky. That’s the only time I’ll say that 🤢
ExternalTangents	16	Overall +16.7; offense +10.0 (18th), defense -6.7 (28th)
grey_pilgrim_	16
grjohnst	16
Helifino	16
HieloLuz	16	Kentucky is a part of the "SEC teams that may all be really good or may all be incredibly mid". It's really hard to tell right now, but Kentucky finally gets a quality win over LSU. Win is better than Boise's, but their loss is much worse.
jmac_21	16
jrichardh	16
Lefunnymaymays4lief	16	(NR) Stunt on these hoes, Kenny Minchey. Stunt on these hoes.
malowry0124	16
monkeymatt1836	16
noodlethebear	16
Noy_Telinu	16	HAHAHAHAHA thanks for doing that to LSU
Polarbear1914	16
RobertNeyland	16
shifty1032231	16
TaylorLeprechaun	16	NR
Techwid	16
TheUltimate721	16	Kentucky is pretty indicative of the middle-class of the SEC this year in that I think they are pretty good, but not quite as good as everyone thinks they are. I don't have much faith against Kentucky to be able to hang on with the big dogs of the conference thanks to their performance against Alabama, but I could see them finishing 9-3 easily.
TimeBroken	16
TolkienFan71	16
Tornadohunter24	16	(+6)
vanburen1845	16
visor841	16
Xtremeloco	16
12panther	17
52hoova	17
arbadak	17	.775 rating, 5-1, SOS .661 (+8)
blahblehblahwhoru	17
Cecil_Hardboner	17
Ch-i-ef	17	Kentucky...being BOLD????????
ch1l1_ch33s3	17
Colton3690	17
dabul-master	17
DarkLegend64	17
grtgbln	17
Hobbes_121	17
jjjoebox	17
JustinMSU21	17
Luigiatl	17
MADBuc49	17	NEW
nin478	17
plannedsickdays	17
Pure_Protein_Machine	17
romulusjsp	17
ryseing	17
SlaminSammons	17
strikersteve60	17
TheNSAAgent777	17
AlphaH4wk	18
BananaBouquet	18
Blooblod	18
BorisNumber1	18
ChaseTheFalcon	18
CptCheese	18
ewolfy13	18
Hackasizlak	18
Jakesnake42	18	WOAH talk about cardiac cats, back to back walk offs in OT!!! Huge win on the year. Last Week: NR
jimbobbypaul	18
KJdkaslknv	18
Our-Gardian-Angel	18
RegionalBias	18
spmartin1993	18
StFuzzySlippers	18
SwissArmyScythe	18	NR
tomdawg0022	18
True_Ad5324	18	Up 5
WarEagle9	18
Blazeth	19
DarthYoda2594	19
dubscurry30	19	NR
fshi	19
galacticdude7	19	Predicted Record: 9-3 Losses: Alabama (17-45), at Tennessee, at Missouri Comment: Big win over LSU catapults them up. I'm not super confident in them, but for now I think they've got a good shot at a good season
GenialGiant	19
jonstark19	19
JustAManAndHisLaptop	19
MemeLovingLoser	19	Score 71.94 (▲ 4.69) | Place Change: ▲ 9 | Previous Rank: 28th | Wins Composite Rank: 17th | SoS Composite Rank: 19th | Margin of Victory Rank: 70th | Penalties Composite Rank: 24th | Yardage Composite Rank: 71st | Turnover Composite Rank: 12th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 124th | Other Stats Rank: 44th
owlalwaysloveyew	19
penisthightrap_	19
SearonTrejorek	19	0.73364
sroach91	19
Staind075	19
Xy13	19
BoukenGreen	20
budget_um	20	Old wins look worse than before, but they're still ranked
ColombianInIowa24	20	34.04 - Two ties reminds one of Connecticut.
JBonkies	20
Noelthemexican	20
pileatedloon	20
RedBarracuda25	20
ruwisc	20
sgtshenanigans	20	The Cardiac cats another week another win in overtime winning by one point 35 to 34. Yes all of that has happened twice in a row maybe instead of cardiac cats they are the copy cats. Either way Kentucky jumps into my rankings for the first time this year, Fun!
sickmemes48	20
spsellers	20
texas2089	20
velociraptorfarmer	20
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	20	(NEW)
bannista7	21
ChemicalOle	21
DisraeliEers	21
dschinghiskhan	21
G-Aardvark	21
hypercube42342	21	Power 34 / Resume 10
jalexjsmithj	21	19.6
redwave2505	21
samspopguy	21
SCsprinter13	21
AJ_CC	22
bakonydraco	22	82.518
BUSean	22
Drexlore	22
dukemetoo	22
LiptonCB	22
MainPeanut25	22	CJ Baxter 1, Steve Sarkisian 0 this week
mcdsmaster8824	22
Muffinnnnnnn	22
OKgolfer	22
olmsted	22
Shion314	22
TDenverFan	22
Buckeyes2010	23
Daigotsu	23
Darth_Ra	23
Jerrywelfare	23
Maladroit44	23	I'm not sure what it is about this fanbase in particular—maybe all the basketball success warps their perceptions a bit?—but Kentucky fans seem kinda comically overconfident right now. I saw hordes of them crying out in protest that a last-play-of-the-game win over god-awful South Carolina dropped them from #24 to #26, and now a lot of them seem mad that they're only up to #15 for another last-play-of-the-game win over an LSU team that might not even be good. I get that this success is exciting, I do! But I also think when you have a 45-17 loss on your resume and a single somewhat impressive win, you ought to have a little more perspective.
NyquillusDillwad20	23
r0sco	24
Rakarei	24
Sometimeswelose	24
Striker743	24	NR - personally dont feel they deserve to be ranked, but they beat LSU, and the other choices were more flawed
ThaCarter	24
Conglossian	25	U/R
fredmerc111	25
Hugefootballfan44	25	LW: NR
Klaassy23	25
ManiacalBlazer	25	72.645, (5-1). Far less ability to affect the average opponent's gameplan than anyone in the top-35 despite some close wins.
Player_1_has_Joined	25
PSUMediaPA	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
ianmcmoney	4	17.65%
GrimmacingGrinny	7
hbh110	7
bocnj	8
CallMeTheKing	9	102-2-33
Applesaucemannus	10	Only loss to ALA beat the brakes off TAMU to wound them mortally in week 3. Big win against LSU. MIZ > LSU so MSST > UK
DCorNothing	10
TomorrowFinal6642	10
AMETSFAN	11
isrealball	11
jackmc04	11	(+4)
Kirkwood641	11
LegionMammal978	11	(+11½) GS .9194, TS −115.
mathwrath55	11	Another example of a good loss not hurting much, the resume model has them at #6 and the strongest resume with a loss
PrideSax711	11
quantum_jedi	11	(57.15, +9) What a clutch team Kentucky is! Back-to-back 35-34 OT wins and the Wildcats are rolling!
1Subject	12
bryophyta_insolitam	12
DarthGlazer	12	thank you! honestly luck played a big role but y'all got my respect
divey043	12
dstrainr	12
FindGreatness23	12
jtsmd2	12
PsychologicalFox8660	12
SignificanceFirm2398	12
Effective-Lead-6657	13	(19) Somehow, someway the Wildcats did it again. I still don't think this is a good team, but I can't rank a team with their resume much lower.
Isthmus11	13	5-1, hilarious to me that LSU played this team as tight as SCaR did last week. Kentucky deserves a lot of credit for finding ways to win these games but I do not think this team is talented enough to maintain this ranking through SEC play
jis024	13
leadbymight	13
logace444444444	13	A very good looking one loss team.
manbeqrpig	13
Original_Profile8600	13
Pyroblockx	13
ResearchFlaky5912	13	Back-to-back wins in overtime against decent SEC teams. Kentucky's single loss looks better also. Another ranking where I felt vindicated having them much higher on the poll than AP or the rest of r/CFB and seeing them pull off the win (see UCLA also).
Salmon-Dude	13
tbraptors	13
Yelich04	13	NR
70277027	14
AoA_nB1	14	Bullish on the Cats down in Lexington
Express_Dinner7918	14	Will Stine will probably have back pain in a few years after dragging his massive balls around. One of the better resumes in the sec only held back by the preformance against South Carolina and needing 2 4th quarter comebacks back to back.
FoodCourtDruid	14
g_trechel	14
gohncell	14
gonshpreds1	14
jibberishdhyukl	14
LightningDusty	14	↑NR
loneSTAR_06	14
Lucaball3r	14
National-Sundae9427	14	Wild time to be a Wildcat. Like I said with Indiana, a win is a win. They are beating teams I didn’t think they would and that’s why they deserve to be ranked here.
NonZero-Chance	14
Ok_Boysenberry716	14
Rishik01	14
Tortillero96	14	+4 W (5-1) H +1 vs LSU (9) W (4-1) A +1 vs South Carolina (unranked) W (3-1) H +24 vs South Alabama (unranked) W (2-1) A +10 vs Texas A&M (9) -- --
WBLwiffleball	14
bigred91224	15
bruhstevenson	15
buccaneerboy22	15
Dawg-Bite	15
m3owzika	15
maxwell6233	15
meta_irl	15
NebraskaPlainsman	15
Protoco2	15
Pure-Shirt-5831	15
S2OP	15	(+8)
SaguaroCactus19	15
samtaylor92	15
Scruggerboy	15
SomerandomIDFBfan	15
spaceblev11	15
SportsCat4	15
ted1995	15
TheCryptPartDeux	15
BoilerUp28	16
GDSamstag	16
huntmant	16
KansasChaser2021	16
n8TLfan	16
PersianGuitarist	16
Repulsive_Rub6443	16
RJTrey	16
RowDull8230	16
rt13wx	16
beckett929	17
dee3Poh	17	.280 (STDEV .06)
FuzzyDunlop911	17
idnttcrisis	17
NC_Pineapple	17
saquad69	17
SonOfGarry	17
SpectralHydra	17
TheBeekman8	17
alexjcode_com	18	751
d1sportsball	18	Kentucky survives again, and the Cardiac Cats have beaten two of the most preseason overrated teams in the country. They look good, but keep finding themselves in close games. Its hard to tell at this point but I'm all aboard the Will Stein train.
JJones927	18
kevinsdomain	18
LegendParkour	18
Nervous_Metal_9445	18
OG_Felwinter	18
owl-bears	18
Sflabuckeye13	18
ThompsonCreekTiger	18
bendyburner	19
Blazemaster77	19
DownshiftGD	19
EL-YEO	19
Hastronaut	19
Intelligent_Fix_6972	19
Klightgrove	19
pongislame	19
666PeaceKeepaGirl	20
Fluid_Theory_6587	20
kennethbring	20
Living_Human	20	69.02
MyAngelMiraidon	20	(+16) - They were basically one off the next 10 in my list last week. At this point being 5-1 and beating LSU, it's seems like enough to convince me that their struggle over South Carolina was the fluke and not beating Texas A&M earlier
ninjatown23	20	The overtime win over LSU has me believing in the Wildcats. Their only loss is against a top-10 Alabama team. UK is easily deserving of a top 25 spot.
Spazzatack	20
Star_Wars_Sith	20
thatoneguyD13	20	Tier 4.
_THE__BOULDER_	21	Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in. I had dropped Kentucky from last week's rankings after the close win in OT over SCAR. Now they beat LSU at home in an OT win by converting a 2 pointer where LSU only went for 1. Well done Wildcats. Putting you back in the rankings to enjoy your time in the Sun.
ArlyntheAwesome	21
chief_sitass	21
geordieColt88	21
HHunko13	21
myworld3	21
newSomberMan	21
Esb5415	22
FrontRunner51	22	(NR)
Impossible-Still-349	22	(NEW!) here bc no one else fit
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	22	185
JackWK_Gaming	22
josh55134	22
Mossed26	22
ndbfsu22	22
Ok_Significance_3803	22
Piptit	22
The_Stratman	22
ChiTrojan2	23
DillyDillySzn	23
Flaky_Bit6733	23
grahamca	23	T11ᵗʰ W/L, T21ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 28ᵗʰ Team Strength, 19ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
NA_Faker	23
NNul	23	Don't really know where to rank UK. They beat LSU 35-34 in OT, but also survived SCar 35-34 in OT.
ogsmurf826	23
Scottyfer	23
TyRoland06	23
jmdinbtr	24
KevinDoesSports	24	Back to back 35-34 wins. First time since overtime was invented since 1996 that a team has won back to back games by a point. Kentucky kept it close for a half with a really good Alabama team. While they did almost lose to South Carolina, I think that South Carolina is better than people think. A big win against LSU, Kentucky should be ranked.
mathmanhale	24
Nath0leon	24	Same. Despite beating LSU, Kentucky's FPI and SOR both dropped a point (SOR went from #4 to #5). AVGWP remains low (#56), which I guess is expected from back-to-back OT wins by going for two.
Noahsince2002	24
wittingtarsier	24

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