ESPN: Kentucky is not a College Football Blue Blood

by:Nick Roush08/25/16

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[caption id="attachment_203946" align="alignnone" width="1299"]UK Athletics UK Athletics[/caption] We may bleed blue, but the Kentucky football program is not what you would consider a college football blue blood.  When ESPN ranked their college football royalty, it's no shock that UK fell far down the list. Twelve ESPN writers put their heads together to create a list ranking all 128 FBS schools based on the historical impact the program has made on the sport.  After ranking each school on a scale of 1-10, it was hard to find Kentucky. The Cats ranked No. 62 with an average of 3.33.  Other schools in similar standing: Northwestern, SMU, Maryland, Duke and the Air Force Academy.  Louisville was tied for 41st with an average of 4.92. If this shocks you, you haven't been a Kentucky football fan for long. [ESPN: What Should Be Considered College Football Royalty?]  

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