There isn’t too much change in the way Sagarin’s ratings and the ESPN FPI see the rest of the season for Kentucky, coming off that missed opportunity at home last weekend. Sagarin’s point spread for the upcoming Mississippi State game is a little tighter than how Vegas sees it, while the ESPN FPI upped UK’s chances of victory by about six percent from a week ago.
Overall, both Sagarin and the ESPN FPI love Kentucky in the Arkansas game and the four games to finish the year — Kentucky is a double-digit favorite in those five — but it will take some good football to win games at Mississippi State and South Carolina.