The big picture

Missouri Tigers come in 22nd on the ladder; Kentucky Wildcats are 11th. Kentucky Wildcats are the side higher up the table.

Missouri Tigers are 6–3 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 30.2 points for and 20.1 against.

Kentucky Wildcats are 7–2 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 29.9 points for and 25.8 against.

Form

Missouri Tigers have won three of their last five and most recently lost to Texas Longhorns 20–34.

Kentucky Wildcats have won four of their last five and most recently lost to Tennessee Volunteers 6–34.

Head to head

These sides have met 11 times on our records since 2013: Missouri Tigers 4, Kentucky Wildcats 7.

Last time out (2023, Week 7), Missouri Tigers won 38–21 at Kroger Field.

Biggest margin between these two: Missouri Tigers by 31 points in 2013 (48–17).

Players to watch

For Missouri Tigers, watch Triston Newson (5 def total tackles a game in 2024) and Corey Flagg Jr. (5 def total tackles a game in 2024).

For Kentucky Wildcats, watch D'Eryk Jackson (6.3 def total tackles a game, 1 def sack in 2023) and Keaten Wade (5 def total tackles a game in 2023).

At Memorial Stadium

Missouri Tigers have won 19 of their last 23 at Memorial Stadium.

What the numbers say

On form, ladder and history, Kentucky Wildcats have the edge.