SEC Football Preview: Ole Miss at Kentucky

Kentucky-Ole-Miss preview

Ole Miss visits Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington. 14Powers.com previews the game and predicts the final score of this contest.

Team Schedules/Results

Ole Miss

Date Visitor Pts Home Pts
Sept. 26 Florida 51 Ole Miss 35
Oct. 3 Ole Miss Kentucky
Oct. 10 Alabama Ole Miss
Oct. 17 Ole Miss Arkansas
Oct. 24 Auburn Ole Miss
Oct. 31 Ole Miss Vanderbilt
Nov. 14 South Carolina Ole Miss
Nov. 21 Ole Miss Texas A&M
Nov. 28 Mississippi State Ole Miss
Dec. 5 Ole Miss LSU

Kentucky

Date Visitor Pts Home Pts
Sept. 26 Kentucky 13 Auburn 29
Oct. 3 Ole Miss Kentucky
Oct. 10 Mississippi State Kentucky
Oct. 17 Kentucky Tennessee
Oct. 25 Georgia Kentucky
Oct. 31 Kentucky Missouri
Nov. 14 Vanderbilt Kentucky
Nov. 21 Kentucky Alabama
Nov. 28 Kentucky Florida
Dec. 5 South Carolina Kentucky

College Football Ratings

Rating Ole Miss Kentucky
ESPN FPI 37 27
Sagarin 49 38
Massey Composite 45 29
PiRate Ratings 48 24

Key Stats

Stat Ole Miss Kentucky
Points 35 13
Points Allowed 51.0 29.0
Total YDS 613.0 384.0
Pass YDS 443.0 239.0
Rush YDS 170.0 145.0
Total YDS Allowed 642.0 324.0
Pass YDS Allowed 446.0 233.0
Rush YDS Allowed 196.0 91.0
Turnover margin 0 -3
3rd Down Conv. 64.3 63.2
3rd Down Conv. DEF 60.0 40.0

Players to Watch

Ole Miss

WR Elijah Moore, QB John Rhys Plumlee, DL Tariqious Tisdale, RB Jerrion Ealy, LB MoMo Sanogo.

Kentucky

CB Brandin Echols, QB Terry Wilson, OL Landon Young, WR Josh Ali, LB Jamar Watson, LB Chris Oats.

Injuries

Ole Miss

Date Pos Player Injury Status
09/04/20 LB Sam Williams Suspension is out indefinitely

Kentucky

Date Pos Player Injury Status
09/27/20 QB Joey Gatewood Eligibility is “?” Saturday vs Mississippi
09/04/20 LB Chris Oats Medical is out indefinitely

Source: Donbest.com

Comments

Here’s a battle of two teams that fell in their opening games. Kentucky losing at Auburn and Ole Miss falling at home to Florida. The fact is though, you can’t really judge a team by its first game. Before a first game, you don’t know what your opponent is going to do. You can’t be sure even what players are going to be suiting up against you. This is a tough game to predict. Both of these teams could end up with 8 wins or 1 or 2 wins. I think Ole Miss has the better offense but Kentucky’s defense is superior. Kentucky should win this one in Lexington but it’ll likely be close.

Our Preseason Prediction

Kentucky 27, Ole Miss 17

Game Week 14Powers.com Prediction

Kentucky 31, Ole Miss 28

Saturday‘s game kicks off at 3:00 PM CT (4:00 PM ET). Watch on the SEC Alternate Network.

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