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Kentucky Wildcats college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Kentucky are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Kentucky Wildcats teams.

Top 3 Kentucky Wildcats Teams

2018
2
1977
1
1976
3

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Kentucky football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Kentucky football rankings
Massey Howell Sorenson TFS Hatch Loudsound Jellyjuke Squaregear Entropy CPI Moore Bihl Sagedrive Congrove M Cubed
Season Overall Rating Record Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating
2021 0.489 10 - 3 20 7.91 20 0.73 16 8271 21 149.18 23 0.63 17 51.83 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 28 85.38 21 10.29 N/A N/A 22 76.55 27 0.70
2020 0.524 5 - 6 36 7.13 49 0.56 47 8605 N/A N/A 73 0.44 N/A N/A 64 -0.06 67 0.49 69 47.97 79 0.01 42 75.82 48 2.08 N/A N/A 21 83.39 74 -0.81
2019 0.545 8 - 5 34 1.78 40 0.62 41 26015 44 139.97 43 0.51 48 42.52 44 0.31 40 0.55 41 52.95 42 0.04 31 72.13 42 3.48 42 0.61 31 48.32 58 -0.36
2018 0.655 10 - 3 11 2.12 13 0.79 10 27064 12 152.03 11 0.66 13 54.61 13 1.08 13 0.61 19 59.76 15 0.09 20 79.92 10 14.52 14 0.80 14 61.67 23 0.75
2017 0.509 7 - 6 51 1.67 55 0.57 54 19902 51 136.96 54 0.45 56 41.50 50 0.20 46 0.53 57 47.89 48 0.03 60 67.06 49 2.67 49 0.57 60 37.41 51 -0.33
2016 0.534 7 - 6 55 1.68 53 0.60 47 22863 52 138.13 47 0.52 61 40.54 54 0.21 52 0.54 44 76.59 53 0.03 64 64.94 48 3.25 54 0.58 61 36.52 52 -0.28
2015 0.465 5 - 7 77 1.51 90 0.45 73 18635 83 130.77 76 0.39 86 32.72 78 -0.29 83 0.48 78 65.63 84 0.01 75 62.47 78 -2.67 82 0.41 80 47.16 83 -1.45
2014 0.481 5 - 7 56 1.65 75 0.51 57 19975 64 135.60 70 0.42 75 36.99 77 -0.19 75 0.50 55 69.00 84 0.01 71 62.86 68 -0.13 79 0.46 90 26.56 78 -0.99
2013 0.361 2 - 10 90 1.26 101 0.35 92 11036 98 120.14 98 0.25 105 23.79 107 -1.09 102 0.43 79 58.21 108 0.00 91 56.23 105 -11.41 103 0.24 108 9.56 103 -2.25
2012 0.354 2 - 10 82 1.39 99 0.36 86 17337 86 78.67 99 0.24 102 25.39 101 -0.87 98 0.44 80 61.97 110 0.00 94 53.97 98 -9.06 104 0.26 111 9.68 104 -2.50
2011 0.434 5 - 7 66 1.50 89 0.42 66 21058 70 84.17 81 0.36 74 36.02 74 -0.25 74 0.49 65 68.64 78 0.01 72 62.46 74 -2.16 77 0.44 83 26.33 79 -0.46
2010 0.446 6 - 7 59 1.65 64 0.54 77 16177 75 76.73 73 0.39 71 36.42 76 -0.29 76 0.48 66 72.16 75 0.01 59 66.42 66 -0.84 75 0.44 72 30.58 87 -0.71
2009 0.516 7 - 6 41 1.83 42 0.66 48 22801 49 87.06 49 0.50 53 42.30 53 0.20 52 0.53 42 77.45 57 0.03 44 70.36 46 3.96 58 0.56 57 37.75 63 0.00
2008 0.499 7 - 6 48 1.75 52 0.57 54 25793 54 91.24 51 0.49 52 41.72 53 0.10 52 0.53 58 70.70 50 0.03 59 66.37 55 0.96 54 0.55 52 37.75 53 0.16
2007 0.574 8 - 5 23 1.94 26 0.68 24 27202 25 93.87 23 0.62 34 46.01 31 0.63 26 0.57 17 84.82 25 0.05 32 74.46 25 8.48 32 0.68 43 45.25 30 0.70
2006 0.563 8 - 5 26 1.99 35 0.65 27 26914 32 92.83 27 0.61 33 46.87 28 0.69 28 0.58 37 78.19 30 0.05 49 69.73 26 8.15 29 0.69 50 39.85 29 0.86
2005 0.365 3 - 8 93 1.30 96 0.37 93 18988 94 81.25 94 0.27 101 26.24 101 -0.90 99 0.44 92 57.81 103 0.00 85 56.84 95 -6.87 100 0.29 103 15.31 102 -1.27
2004 0.339 2 - 9 97 1.08 106 0.32 97 17126 101 78.36 99 0.22 92 28.32 105 -1.00 102 0.42 104 55.39 108 0.00 85 56.73 97 -9.88 103 0.23 106 11.15 84 -0.87
2003 0.380 4 - 8 77 1.38 84 0.41 84 17829 89 77.13 86 0.31 91 27.88 93 -0.88 91 0.44 84 63.35 90 0.00 58 60.79 90 -7.51 91 0.30 82 22.81 95 -1.30
2002 0.522 7 - 5 52 1.63 55 0.58 49 21868 52 116.32 52 0.49 49 41.95 53 0.24 54 0.53 45 76.88 55 0.03 41 67.14 49 3.03 51 0.57 43 44.08 55 0.24
2001 0.407 2 - 9 66 1.56 86 0.42 75 21565 83 109.05 85 0.33 95 25.85 92 -0.72 91 0.44 71 65.21 101 0.00 64 61.99 87 -5.48 94 0.28 90 18.57 89 -1.61
2000 0.369 2 - 9 84 1.23 89 0.38 82 19111 84 104.36 85 0.30 92 25.07 95 -0.90 94 0.42 83 61.27 100 0.00 79 55.71 94 -10.03 95 0.24 98 12.60 93 -1.26
1999 0.496 6 - 6 43 1.69 51 0.56 45 24468 43 104.20 50 0.48 47 39.40 56 0.01 53 0.51 39 73.86 55 0.02 55 63.00 47 1.76 55 0.52 60 39.05 52 0.07
1998 0.541 7 - 5 33 1.82 34 0.65 30 8067 32 108.76 36 0.55 32 47.15 34 0.49 35 0.55 32 77.31 37 0.03 35 68.00 32 6.81 36 0.63 45 49.71 33 0.71
1997 0.484 5 - 6 40 1.78 53 0.55 36 3709 36 106.50 55 0.47 51 41.26 53 0.12 55 0.51 44 74.69 61 0.01 54 62.00 45 2.64 55 0.51 67 36.58 53 0.19
1996 0.437 4 - 7 60 1.60 79 0.42 56 4158 57 99.22 64 0.40 67 35.05 62 -0.13 64 0.49 62 67.86 77 0.01 57 63.00 58 -0.69 67 0.45 73 28.88 59 -0.01
1995 0.450 4 - 7 53 1.69 62 0.50 49 3709 58 99.86 60 0.41 67 32.02 61 -0.21 62 0.48 52 71.40 67 0.01 40 69.00 59 -0.48 65 0.42 64 37.18 72 -0.73
1994 0.293 1 - 10 79 1.19 100 0.25 84 -7376 88 86.48 94 0.19 100 17.71 98 -1.13 97 0.39 87 54.70 100 0.00 88 51.00 96 -12.42 99 0.15 100 2.67 94 -1.80
1993 0.456 6 - 6 48 1.59 48 0.54 45 4335 50 101.00 48 0.45 50 36.89 52 -0.02 52 0.50 43 70.13 55 0.02 53 64.00 50 0.60 53 0.50 45 20.48 49 0.01
1992 0.439 4 - 7 59 1.47 71 0.45 56 2538 59 98.24 60 0.42 79 30.16 72 -0.32 70 0.47 53 75.24 79 0.01 70 58.00 64 -2.30 75 0.40 N/A N/A 67 -0.55
1991 0.409 3 - 8 73 1.31 75 0.41 73 -399 74 92.88 70 0.34 77 29.55 76 -0.58 77 0.44 65 67.93 83 0.00 57 62.00 77 -6.05 N/A N/A N/A N/A 75 -0.77
1990 0.419 4 - 7 76 1.27 77 0.43 68 -2553 76 93.62 66 0.36 64 33.51 65 -0.35 78 0.47 71 63.60 79 0.01 61 61.00 71 -4.02 N/A N/A N/A N/A 78 -0.75
1989 0.489 6 - 5 45 1.58 51 0.53 41 2357 48 102.83 43 0.49 41 40.42 45 0.14 47 0.51 46 69.52 51 0.02 42 67.00 45 2.12 N/A N/A N/A N/A 42 0.36
1988 0.483 5 - 6 48 1.60 53 0.53 53 215 53 101.66 48 0.47 56 37.60 58 -0.06 53 0.51 51 74.79 55 0.02 30 70.00 53 -0.43 N/A N/A N/A N/A 55 0.06
1987 0.488 5 - 6 41 1.61 42 0.57 40 2288 41 104.32 42 0.48 50 36.04 52 -0.09 55 0.50 34 77.19 60 0.01 37 68.00 47 0.47 N/A N/A N/A N/A 53 -0.11
1986 0.494 5 - 5 - 1 48 1.55 45 0.57 44 2219 46 104.01 46 0.48 55 37.34 44 0.15 40 0.53 44 73.84 46 0.02 44 66.00 46 1.98 N/A N/A N/A N/A 40 0.34
1985 0.479 5 - 6 51 1.43 52 0.54 34 3874 44 103.94 46 0.47 46 39.74 53 -0.10 45 0.51 55 72.05 50 0.02 53 63.00 46 0.23 N/A N/A N/A N/A 47 -0.06
1984 0.601 9 - 3 18 1.91 20 0.71 17 7852 21 115.07 16 0.66 14 50.58 15 0.89 16 0.59 13 85.18 18 0.07 29 72.00 14 10.50 N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 0.90
1983 0.534 6 - 5 - 1 37 1.70 41 0.62 26 6355 29 112.33 35 0.56 42 42.73 38 0.41 38 0.55 37 77.48 45 0.03 44 65.00 31 5.57 N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 0.68
1982 0.333 0 - 10 - 1 90 1.05 102 0.28 91 -6309 92 89.44 100 0.16 102 19.80 106 -1.27 101 0.40 99 62.27 111 0.00 81 53.00 100 -11.27 N/A N/A N/A N/A 85 -1.05
1981 0.428 3 - 8 74 1.28 94 0.46 73 88 75 99.28 85 0.37 101 28.45 102 -0.50 97 0.46 74 73.99 108 0.00 62 60.00 83 -1.97 N/A N/A N/A N/A 90 -0.45
1980 0.423 3 - 8 69 1.37 90 0.45 68 668 77 99.49 79 0.38 99 28.91 95 -0.51 96 0.45 70 66.75 107 0.00 73 58.00 85 -2.73 N/A N/A N/A N/A 82 -0.29
1979 0.483 5 - 6 47 1.53 68 0.56 64 1182 60 104.83 63 0.46 N/A N/A 88 -0.21 86 0.47 55 70.32 89 0.01 39 67.00 64 0.36 N/A N/A N/A N/A 87 -0.37
1978 0.481 4 - 6 - 1 43 1.58 67 0.53 44 3494 50 106.31 58 0.47 71 35.88 77 -0.16 75 0.49 41 75.36 85 0.01 38 67.00 61 1.15 N/A N/A N/A N/A 67 -0.07
1977 0.705 10 - 1 8 2.23 6 0.89 5 16419 5 130.43 4 0.84 5 59.73 6 1.57 5 0.65 6 93.62 7 0.13 12 79.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6 1.57
1976 0.607 8 - 4 20 1.91 19 0.75 17 10632 13 121.59 17 0.71 30 48.48 27 0.88 24 0.59 19 82.10 26 0.06 13 77.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 1.18
1975 0.414 2 - 8 - 1 65 1.28 83 0.47 75 -564 72 100.16 81 0.37 108 25.37 95 -0.52 96 0.44 77 61.13 115 0.00 57 63.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 92 -0.83
1974 0.553 6 - 5 26 1.83 32 0.68 26 7775 32 113.62 32 0.60 36 44.42 46 0.38 42 0.54 33 77.72 50 0.03 19 76.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 47 0.37
1973 0.504 5 - 6 44 1.59 40 0.64 34 5963 39 111.38 41 0.54 56 40.70 54 0.17 57 0.51 47 72.75 64 0.02 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 63 -0.06
1972 0.421 3 - 8 57 1.31 77 0.47 58 983 65 101.08 71 0.39 86 31.73 93 -0.51 86 0.46 60 67.71 104 0.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 75 -0.44
1971 0.410 3 - 8 67 1.29 87 0.43 64 26 76 99.47 89 0.35 91 29.05 94 -0.50 87 0.46 59 68.43 98 0.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 74 -0.41
1970 0.395 2 - 9 68 1.35 85 0.45 71 -1877 73 99.34 83 0.31 91 28.36 99 -0.82 96 0.43 68 64.72 108 0.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 89 -0.91

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