After Florida’s week one win over the Utah Utes, the Gators shot up the national polls and are now a consensus top-20 team in the country.
Week two brings the Kentucky Wildcats to town, though, and Florida hasn’t been nearly as strong against UK in recent years as in the past. Mark Stoops helped the ‘Cats break a 31-year drought in 2018 and followed things up with another win in 2021, but this will be the first matchup between the two with Billy Napier involved.
Napier outright admitted that Florida got lucky winning the game on Saturday against Utah and said that there was plenty to clean up before taking on Kentucky. It was that kind of humility and approach that kept UF in the game against Utah, but this time the Gators are favored to win.
With Kentucky being ranked No. 20 in the AP Top 25, this is one of the bigger games in the SEC this week. A win for either club would put them in a good spot early to compete for the SEC East title. Tennessee would be the only other major hurdle aside from the obvious clash with No. 2 Georgia.