11/21/2023 football Edit

Updated UK bowl projections

Justin Rowland • CatsIllustrated

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Justin Rowland has been CatsIllustrated.com's publisher since 2015. He covered college football recruiting at programs nationwide for 15 years prior to that.

Kentucky's bowl forecast isn't close to what it was a month ago or more. With one regular season game remaining, against top-10 Louisville this weekend, here's what postseason prognosticators are forecasting for the Wildcats.

CBS Sports (Jerry Palm): Kentucky vs Duke, Duke's Mayo Bowl

ESPN.com (Kyle Bonagura): Kentucky vs Georgia Tech, Duke's Mayo Bowl

ESPN.com (Mark Schlabach): Kentucky vs Virginia Tech, Duke's Mayo Bowl

Action Network (Brett McMurphy): Kentucky vs Duke, Duke's Mayo Bowl

Clearly, Kentucky-Duke is a popular pick for the game in Charlotte. McMurphy forecasts that Kentucky would be a 1-point favorite in such a game against the Blue Devils.

Fox Sports (Bryan Fisher): Kentucky vs UCF, Liberty Bowl

Kentucky is assured of an eighth-consecutive bowl game under Mark Stoops, but it will be a lower-tier SEC bowl tie-in on the basis of how the last six weeks have gone. That's regardless of the outcome of this weekend's game against Louisville, in all likelihood.