Why is UL ranked ahead of UK?

[Rockfly78]

I have not paid any attention off season happenings. All I know is Kentucky gets up in that ass every single Thanksgiving. Did UL just do really well in the portal this off season or did they make some sort of change or something? I imagine they are still living off of that nice record against weak opponents last year. How does UK measure up against what the AP is calling the number 26 team in the country this season?

 

[vhcat70]

My guess is at some point there's a conference bias over actual quality. Writers get tired of SEC teams - 9 in top 25 - so they pick 3rd/4th/5th best in other conferences. There's only 3 ACC in T25. Only 7 from B1G with 18 schools. 5 from B12.

 

[mrschwump]

Don't you know? The last 5 years don't exist, have been totally ignored. It was all just a dream.

 

[K_TIME]

It is especially absurd as UK is the home team and has a solid roster coming back...at least on defense and TE/WR on offense....truly silly to match them over UK in polls.

 

[tdcat]

It is especially absurd as UK is the home team and has a solid roster coming back...at least on defense and TE/WR on offense....truly silly to match them over UK in polls.

I think most fans would expect the Cards to have the better record when viewing the teams' opponents. They will likely be ranked higher when we meet.

If our defense isn't banged up, I really like our chances. Deone will be the best player on the field and the Cards clearly demonstrated last year that they cannot block him. UK will add one more to the current streak. Hope Cards are top 5 when we beat them.

 

[mebeblue2]

they are usually favored.......................then lose

 

[Jdhays21]

they are usually favored.......................then lose

It’s been incredibly nice making extra money to pay for everyone’s Christmas presents.

 

[Cardinals19702]

Because they

I have not paid any attention off season happenings. All I know is Kentucky gets up in that ass every single Thanksgiving. Did UL just do really well in the portal this off season or did they make some sort of change or something? I imagine they are still living off of that nice record against weak opponents last year. How does UK measure up against what the AP is calling the number 26 team in the country this season?

Because they don’t base it of one game, heck Louisville beat 3 of the teams ranked ahead of them last year. My guess is at this point in the year they think Louisville will end up with w better record than UK when all is said and done.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Don't you know? The last 5 years don't exist, have been totally ignored. It was all just a dream.

they are usually favored.......................then lose

Yep nothing new. Business as usual.

 

[Cobb4uk]

Because they

Because they don’t base it of one game, heck Louisville beat 3 of the teams ranked ahead of them last year. My guess is at this point in the year they think Louisville will end up with w better record than UK when all is said and done.

Flip the schedule and UofL wouldn't g ave a winning record and UK would have 9 or 10 wins.

 

[Cardinals19702]

Flip the schedule and UofL wouldn't g ave a winning record and UK would have 9 or 10 wins.

That very may be true but it’s something we will never know for sure.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

They aren't but have a much more manageable schedule. See sec with 9 teams on top 25 ahead of UK.

 

[Cotaay]

Because playing in the ACC gets you an extra 2-3 wins a year if you are decent so their teams are typically overrated. A proper top 25 would have 20 SEC/Big 10 teams, everybody knows that, but you can’t do it that way for whatever reason.

 

[bluecoon1]

The media is going to hype them up, the fans buy in to it, playoff talk starts happening, this board gets overloaded by cocky UL fans, then a middle pack SEC team overwhelms them pushing their fans over the edge. Can’t remember the UL dude that talked shit on here all of last season and totally lost it on here when we beat them for our 5th straight. Think he was banned but he’s the type that buys into these rankings like many others and can’t handle it when they’re exposed. I hope they’re top 10 when we meet because beating up on those ACC teams isn’t going to prepare them for what’s coming.

 

[Edgarman]

It is especially absurd as UK is the home team and has a solid roster coming back...at least on defense and TE/WR on offense....truly silly to match them over UK in polls.

Easy to explain, people think UL will have a better record than us because UL plays in the ACC. We have a MUCH tougher schedule. Teams are ranked on Wins not talent. They think UL will have more wins in 2024 than UK. The folks ranking teams probably don't know or care that UL is on our schedule.

 

[bthaunert]

The media is going to hype them up, the fans buy in to it, playoff talk starts happening, this board gets overloaded by cocky UL fans, then a middle pack SEC team overwhelms them pushing their fans over the edge. Can’t remember the UL dude that talked shit on here all of last season and totally lost it on here when we beat them for our 5th straight. Think he was banned but he’s the type that buys into these rankings like many others and can’t handle it when they’re exposed. I hope they’re top 10 when we meet because beating up on those ACC teams isn’t going to prepare them for what’s coming.

Yep…the last 2 times they have had highly ranked teams with dreams of a major bowl (2016 & 2023), a mediocre Kentucky team rolled into Papa John’s and beat them.

 

[THE_HOOK]

If Vandagriff comes out and proves he is average or above, the sky is the limit for this team. They have basically checked all the boxes.

 

[K_TIME]

Easy to explain, people think UL will have a better record than us because UL plays in the ACC. We have a MUCH tougher schedule. Teams are ranked on Wins not talent. They think UL will have more wins in 2024 than UK. The folks ranking teams probably don't know or care that UL is on our schedule.

Then why do sec teams with more losses get a higher final regular season playoff seed then 1 loss teams from pac10, Big12 or Acc?

Uk has won the UL game 6 of last 7 times…and many of those have been blood baths for Uk. Yo has had I’d argue 3 disappointing seasons going into UL snd whooped them even when a poor season was behind them

Why we’d not be favored when we bring back a ton more is beyond reason