First-year coach Will Stein isn't ecstatic over Kentucky's lofty No. 6 ranking heading into Saturday evening's Southeastern Conference showdown against No.
Yes, you read that headline right. After a few weeks of Kentucky football popping up in many playoff projections from different media outlets around the country, it's now official.
The Kentucky Wildcats will travel to Knoxville this weekend for a matchup against the Tennessee Vols. A couple of weeks ago, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel told reporters that he showed his team film of the Vols’ loss to South Carolina in 2022.
The Tennessee Volunteers and Kentucky Wildcats are both off this week ahead of their big showdown in Neyland Stadium that’s set for November 7. Tennessee and Kentucky are both off this weekend ahead of their big showdown in Knoxville on November 7.
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All throughout the offseason, it was a confident Will Stein talking ahead of his first season as the Kentucky football head coach after the departure of Mark Stoops.
College football has historically been known as a sport that caters to the elite. It is very difficult to win a national championship if you aren't Notre Dame, Alabama, Ohio State, or a host of other schools that have great programs that invest heavily in keeping them at the top.
Tennessee has an opportunity to catch its breath, address its mistakes and prepare for one of its biggest remaining challenges. The catch? Will Stein and Kentucky have the same opportunity.
Kentucky Wildcats fans have spent the past couple of seasons looking for reasons to believe their football program was moving in the right direction. Will Stein hasn’t made them wait long.
Two flashpoints have defined Kentucky’s 6-1 start and rise to the No. 12 team in the country. The first came in a road game against South Carolina on the first weekend of October.
Kentucky Wildcats football has gone from being overlooked in the SEC to becoming one of the most surprising stories in college football. Under first-year head coach Will Stein, the Wildcats have put together an impressive 6–1 start, earned a No.
Will Stein was hired to turn around Kentucky's football fortunes. The 37-year-old coach didn't require much time. Stein is the first Wildcats coach to start his initial season with a 6-1 record since Alpha Brumage in 1913.
The Wildcats are 4-1 in SEC play, and that one loss, to No. 12 Alabama, saw them play the Crimson Tide tight for during the first half.
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Kentucky football is off to a hot 6-1 start to the Will Stein era in his first season in Lexington. Many came into the season predicting as high as eight wins, with even their over/under win total being set at 4.5 entering the year.
Kentucky football is no longer just trying to prove it belongs among the best teams in the SEC. Under head coach Will Stein, the Wildcats are giving the doubters a reason to pay attention.
There’s one thing you probably shouldn’t forget when interviewing a head coach: his team’s ranking. ESPN’s Tori Petry learned that the hard way during the Oklahoma Sooners’ clash with Kentucky, as Will Stein stepped in to remind her exactly where his team stands.
If we've learned anything this season of Kentucky football, it's that you just cannot count out Will Stein in any game, no matter what. Why? He has instilled so much grit and fight in his team this season.
Will Stein is experiencing an incredible start to his football head coaching career with the Kentucky Wildcats, making history the program hasn’t seen in 100 years after their 21-13 win over the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday night.
Will Stein knows his Kentucky Wildcats have a big challenge ahead of them.
Will Stein and Kentucky football are proving the national critics wrong after a dramatic 35-34 overtime victory over LSU Tigers. The Wildcats delivered another statement win, showing that Kentucky can compete with the SEC’s top teams under its first-year head coach.
Coming from a program like the Oregon Ducks, the expectations were always going to be high for Will Stein taking over as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats.
When Will Stein stood at the podium during the SEC Football Media Days in Tampa, he was a 36-year-old first-time head coach in charge of a program that had never earned the privilege to show preseason bravado.
Kentucky football has found a flair for the dramatic, and the Wildcats are making a habit of delivering in overtime.
Head coach Will Stein was pretty clear with his Kentucky Wildcats team after they beat the South Carolina Gamecocks.
It didn't take long for first-year Kentucky Wildcats coach Will Stein to notch a signature win.
The Kentucky Wildcats have never won a national championship on the gridiron. They've won two SEC championships in school history, but their last SEC title came in 1976.
The Kentucky Wildcats know how to win on the basketball court. Kentucky's basketball program has eight championships under its belt.
The Kentucky Wildcats have lost the commitment of a quarterback recruit they've been connected to for almost a year. That's an eternity in today's college football recruiting landscape, so it's more than notable that 2027 quarterback DJ Hunter has decided to decommit from Kentucky.
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