Kentucky has played four top-20 teams this season. The Wildcats are 0-4 in those games with three losses of 17-plus points. Those top-level offenses are averaging 42.7 points per game, and only two games were in doubt in the fourth quarter. This will end up being the story of the 2023 season.
In wins over Vanderbilt, Florida, and Mississippi State, Kentucky is allowing only 15 points per game on 4.3 yards per play. There is some good in there somewhere, but things are falling to pieces against the best teams on the schedule.
Contests against South Carolina and Louisville remain.