I was scrolling through Kentucky's schedule, and I swear darn near every opponent is ranked. Has Kentucky ever had a schedule this hard? Ever?
Kentucky's SOS, toughest ever for the Cats?
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The good part. 11 more possible Quad 1 wins ahead.
I can't imagine ever having a tougher schedule. Even in previous years when we had more difficult OOC matchups, the SEC was generally a weaker conference.
This is unprecedented.
This is unprecedented.
I don't think the NCAA understands what a Quad is if they have 5 of them.
I'm not sure how it's weighted exactly, but I have to think if we can go without a loss in Q2, Q3, or Q4, that would be very good for our seeding.
Even if the Cats keep winning, they need Ohio State to get some wins to stay a Quad 1 loss
As of today, there are 12 ranked teams on UK's schedule. Of course, that's variable as some teams may drop out and others enter the Top 25 as the season progresses.
The 1999-2000 Cats had 13 ranked teams on their schedule, going 6-7 against them. Tubby generally played really tough OOC schedules. That year it included 6 games against 5 ranked teams (Maryland twice), plus 7 games against 5 ranked SEC teams (Tennessee and Florida twice each).
The 1999-2000 Cats had 13 ranked teams on their schedule, going 6-7 against them. Tubby generally played really tough OOC schedules. That year it included 6 games against 5 ranked teams (Maryland twice), plus 7 games against 5 ranked SEC teams (Tennessee and Florida twice each).
The SEC spent decades as a comparatively subpar conference. Face it, that was a contributing factor to Rupp winning 82% of his games. Given that, there can't be many seasons where we played more ranked teams than this year.
Sadly, the days of UK being the favorite every year to win the conference and SECT are long past.
Oops, went off on a slight tangent.
Sadly, the days of UK being the favorite every year to win the conference and SECT are long past.
Oops, went off on a slight tangent.
Only 4 of the remaining Quad 1 opportunities are at home - the other 7 are road trips. We are going to have to be able to go on the road and win if we want a good Quad 1 record at season's end.