The big picture

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

Louisville Cardinals are 6–3 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 40.8 points for and 25.9 against.

Form

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

Louisville Cardinals have won four of their last five and most recently beat Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 44–17.

Louisville Cardinals arrive on a 4-game winning streak.

Head to head

These sides have met 12 times on our records since 2013: Kentucky Wildcats 6, Louisville Cardinals 6.

Last time out (2025, Week 14), Louisville Cardinals won 41–0 at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium.

Biggest margin between these two: Kentucky Wildcats by 46 points in 2018 (56–10).

Players to watch

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).

For Louisville Cardinals, watch TJ Quinn (8.3 def total tackles a game in 2023) and Benjamin Perry (4.3 def total tackles a game in 2023).

At Kroger Field

Kentucky Wildcats have won 11 of their last 23 at Kroger Field.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.