The Tigers are winless in four Southeastern Conference games, tied with lowly Mississippi State for last place in the 16-team league.
This is how you schedule for success: Kentucky will complete its home season Saturday afternoon by playing its third non-conference game. The opponent will be New Mexico State.
Beat Missouri and October should be extremely interesting around Mark Stoops' ninth Kentucky football team.
Mark Stoops has brought stability and success to Kentucky football, where the 2021 season will open Saturday with the Wildcats playing host to Louisiana-Monroe.
The spread is only Kentucky by a field goal — and that means if the Cardinals and Wildcats played on a neutral site the game would be considered even.
The Wildcats are booked for a game in Starkville against a Mississippi State team that Kentucky defeated, 28-7 in Lexington last season.