Here is how Kentucky football has fared all-time against No. 1-ranked teams
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Preview: No. 20 Kentucky at No. 1 Georgia
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The University of Kentucky has played against the No. 1-ranked team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll 19 times in its history.
Opportunity No. 20 will come Saturday at Georgia.
The Bulldogs, 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference this season, have won the College Football Playoff national championship the past two seasons and have been ranked No. 1 this year since the AP published its preseason poll in August.
Twentieth-ranked Kentucky (5-0, 2-0) travels to Athens to face Georgia on Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
The Wildcats are 3-16 all-time against No. 1 teams. Their most recent win over a top-ranked team came in 2007 when UK toppled LSU 43-37 in three overtimes in Lexington.
Here is a look at how UK has fared through the years against No. 1:
2022: Georgia, Loss, 16-6
2021: At Georgia, Loss, 30-13
2020: At Alabama, Loss, 63-3
2016: At Alabama, Loss, 34-6
2014: Mississippi State, Loss, 45-31
2013: Alabama, Loss, 48-7
2011: At LSU, Loss, 35-7
2009: Florida, Loss, 41-7
2007: LSU, Win, 43-37 (3OT)
1998: At Tennessee, Loss, 59-21
1997: Florida, Loss, 55-28
1996: At Florida, Loss, 65-0
1980: 1-Alabama, Loss, 45-0
1964: 2-Ole Miss, Win, 27-21
1960: 3-Ole Miss Loss, 21-6
1959: LSU, Loss, 9-0
1958: Auburn, Loss, 8-0
1951: At Tennessee, Loss, 28-0
1950: 4-Oklahoma, Win, 13-7
1-At Birmingham, Ala.; 2-At Jackson, Miss.; 3-At Memphis, Tenn.; 4-Sugar Bowl at New Orleans.
This story was originally published October 3, 2023 at 9:00 AM.
