WKYT) – The University of Kentucky Wildcats have reached another milestone this season: a projected berth in the College Football Playoff.
Head Coach Will Stein’s 7-1 (5-1 SEC) Wildcats are projected as number six. Kentucky would face Norte Dame at Kroger Field in the first round if the playoffs were to begin today.
The full rankings
- Miami (8-0)
- Georgia (7-1)
- Utah (8-0)
- Indiana (8-1)
- Alabama (6-2)
- Kentucky (7-1)
- Texas (6-2)
- UCLA (8-0)
- BYU (7-1)
- Ole Miss (6-2)
- Notre Dame (7-1)
- Ohio State (6-2)
- Tennessee (6-2)
- LSU (6-2)
- Texas Tech (7-1)
- Wake Forest (7-1)
- Houston (6-2)
- Missouri (6-2)
- Iowa (6-2)
- USC (7-2)
- South Carolina (5-3)
- Arizona (6-2)
- Oregon (5-3)
- Florida (5-3)
- Boise State (7-1)
The top 12 teams make the playoffs.
The next bracket will be released by the selection committee next week.
The Cats have never competed for a National Championship in the modern era of the sport.
No. 8 Kentucky takes on No. 16 Tennessee this Saturday in Knoxville at 6:15 p.m. The Volunteers were in at number 13 in the initial CFB Playoff rankings.
The Wildcats have three teams in the CFB Playoff ranking left on their schedule of four remaining games.