Near the bottom...
Ole Miss had more talent than us...not just saying that because they beat us, but they had better athletes and more speed...
I've said it many times before, and I'll keep saying it, the gap between UK and where we want to go can only be closed by so much with talent. CMS can haul in top 15-30 classes regularly and that will no doubt help, but 6-8 programs we play on a regular basis will be hauling in higher ranked classes than that. A number of those programs will also have better HCs and/or staffs.
We've made progress under CMS in overall talent. The next step is to make up ground in development of said talent, game planning, and play calling. Simply put, CMS needs better assistants and coordinators.
Then, in addition to upgrading talent and staff, UK as a whole needs to improve it's football culture by upgrading and expanding the football operations. That is everyone around the team and staff. I'm sure the UK athletics administrators and staff are great, and i'm not even suggesting get rid of them, but we need more football people around the football team.
Essentially we need a football front office/operation stocked full of people from the football world. Former coaches from serious high school football areas, juco, and the college ranks. Also, I think it would be great to get some people from the pro ranks as well. Former scouts and front office people as well as coaches or players.