The Kentucky Wildcats will open their 2024 college football schedule versus Southern Miss on August 31 — see below for more.

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2024 Kentucky Game and TV Schedule

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Kentucky 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Wildcats are facing the 18th-toughest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
• Kentucky will have the least difficult schedule in college football, based on our predictions.
• Kentucky will face the 44th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (70).
• The Wildcats will face the 35th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their SEC opponents’ combined win total last year (59).
• Kentucky will take on seven teams this season that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule will pair them against five teams that put up nine or more victories and two squads with less than four wins last year.
• The Wildcats will have seven teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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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 year.
• Kentucky averaged 29.1 points per game on offense last season (58th in FBS), and it ranked 61st defensively with 25.8 points allowed 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 season.
• On the defensive side of the ball, Kentucky was a top-25 unit in terms of rushing yards last season, ranking 18th-best by surrendering only 113.1 rushing yards per game. It ranked 97th on offense (127.9 rushing yards per game).
• Kentucky owned 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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