Stats wise... UK looks great. 4th in the league in batting average (.302) first 😲 in the league in ERA (1.99) third in the nation in strikeout to walk ratio (5.29) - also note, that the team in first has just 9 innings this year. Third in the league in fielding percentage (.980).
The issue for UK is that they do not score a ton of runs. They average just about 6.5 runs per game, which would be ranked 12th in the league.
They also haven't played a tough schedule, so this could be some fools gold. For instance, Ball State got swept this weekend by Old Dominion.