Our side
MoneylineTENN to win
ours 81%
Projected score
20–36
UK – TENN
2026-11-07 · kickoff TBD
Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN
SEC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Tennessee lead
84–25–9
· 118 meetings since 1906
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Tennessee Volunteers
99 ranks
Kentucky Wildcats #190 rush offense
Tennessee Volunteers #91 run defense
Pass game
edge Tennessee Volunteers
73 ranks
Kentucky Wildcats #168 pass offense
Tennessee Volunteers #95 pass defense
Run game
edge Tennessee Volunteers
90 ranks
Tennessee Volunteers #24 rush offense
Kentucky Wildcats #114 run defense
Pass game
edge Tennessee Volunteers
155 ranks
Tennessee Volunteers #31 pass offense
Kentucky Wildcats #186 pass defense
Kentucky Wildcats
Balanced · 56% run
Ball-control
Tennessee Volunteers
Balanced · 52% run
Avg pace
Mark Stoops · 75-63
Josh Heupel · 73-28 · offense-minded
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Kentucky Wildcats
DL
Mi'Quise Humphrey-Grace
6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#5 DL
DB
Jordan Castell
16 tkl · 1 INT
#22 DB
DL
Tavion Gadson
5 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#33 DL
TE
Willie Rodriguez
12 rec · 97 yds · 1 TD
#16 TE
Tennessee Volunteers
DL
Xavier Gilliam
8 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 5.5 TFL
#36 DL
DB
Dejuan Lane
4 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
#35 DB
RB
DeSean Bishop
244 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec
#16 RB
QB
Faizon Brandon
374 pass yds · 5 TD · 0 INT
#16 QB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Kentucky offense vs Tennessee defense-0.2 pts
Tennessee offense vs Kentucky defense+12.4 pts
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.