Kentucky Wildcats News: Oklahoma and Little Rock Game Week for UK Football and Basketball

We’ve hit that point in the year where we have both Kentucky Football and the return of men’s basketball!

It’s a big week for Kentucky Football coming off an upset of LSU at Kroger Field Saturday night. Now sitting at 5-1 and ranked 15th in the country in the AP Poll, the Cats hit the road for a big matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners, who are coming off a huge win of their own, knocking off rival Texas in the Red River Shootout after the Longhorns came in ranked #1.

The Cats will face off once again with a highly-ranked defense, as the Sooners are among the top 15 nationally for fewest yards allowed per game, and rank 7th for fewest passing yards allowed per game.

This will be only the 4th matchup between Kentucky and Oklahoma on the football field, and the first one since 1982.

We’ll also see the Kentucky Basketball team hit the floor this season for their first exhibition game on Friday night, hosting Little Rock, led by Travis Ford.

With no scrimmage at Big Blue Madness and no Blue-White game, this will be the first time many fans will see this Kentucky Basketball team on the court together.

It will also be a nice opportunity to welcome Travis Ford to Lexington. Of course, Ford was the one who hosted Kentucky head coach Mark Pope on his visit to Kentucky when Pope transferred from Washington.

It’s a big week for the football and basketball teams!

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Kind of interesting to watch these things develop from this angle.

Headlines

Stein’s bold promise has Kentucky taking college football by storm – Cats Pause

Stein has the college football world taking a second look at Kentucky.

CJ Baxter making the most of second chance at Kentucky – KSR

Baxter was a massive addition in the offseason.

Minchey made the right call running on two-point conversion – Vaughts Views

A great read by Minchey.

Balanced offense paces Kentucky Volleyball in win over Ole Miss – UK Athletics

Another win for UK Volleyball!

Lane Kiffin discusses talk with official about tush-push touchdown – Bleacher Report

Come on Lane…

Winners and losers from Week 5 in the NFL – CBS Sports

Things aren’t going well for Jim Harbaugh…

Texans trade for Marvin Harrison, Jr. – ESPN

Harrison and Stroud reunite in Houston.

Commanders botch final play in OT, resulting in tie – ESPN

Brutal.

Karl-Anthony Towns disappointed with Knicks contract situation – Bleacher Report

Things don’t look to be going well between KAT and the Knicks.

Jahmyr Gibbs breaks record for most touchdowns before age 25 – Yahoo

What an impressive feat.

Big Ten officials made another notable error on Saturday – Yahoo

Hasn’t been a great year for Big 10 officials.

Brewers take Game 1 against Dodgers – CBS Sports

The Brewers bullpen saves the day.