Florida Gators vs. Kentucky Wildcats: How to watch, channel, streaming

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s the 75th all-time meeting between the Florida Gators and Kentucky Wildcats this Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Gators have dominated the series over Kentucky, holding a 53-21 record against the Wildcats including a 29-6 mark at home.

The Wildcats, however, have flipped the script in recent years. Mark Stoops has found more success against Florida than any other coach in Kentucky history, holding a 4-7 record over Florida, including the last three meetings.

Both schools are coming off of losses, Florida to Tennessee and Kentucky to Vanderbilt. The Wildcats have a 1-3 league record and need a win as bad as anyone in the SEC. Florida head coach Billy Napier also needs a win to avoid becoming the first coach in Florida football history to start his career 0-3 against Kentucky.

How to watch the Florida Gators vs Kentucky Wildcats

Date: Saturday, Oct 19
Time: 7:45 p.m.
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Steve Spurrier-Florida Field (88,548), Gainesville, Florida
TV: SEC Network — Channel (Cox): 68 / 1068 [HD]— Channel (DirecTV): 611 [HD]
Stream: ESPN
Radio: SiriusXM Channel: 374 | Gator Sports Network SiriusXM Channel: 106 or 190
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On The Call
Play-by-Play: Dave Neal
Analyst: Aaron Murray
Reporter: Marilyn Payne

Betting Lines

Spread: Florida +2, Kentucky -2
Over/Under: 42.5
Money Line: Florida +105, Kentucky -125

Game Notes

Week 8 marks the 75th all-time meeting between Florida and Kentucky including the 36th matchup in Gainesville.

• The Gators wield a 53-21 record against the Wildcats including a 29-6 mark at home.
• Florida has won 33 of the last 37 meetings in the series including wins in 20 of the last 22 in The Swamp.
• Prior to Florida’s home losses in 2018 and 2022, the Gators had not lost to Kentucky in Gainesville since 1979.
• Florida won 19-consecutive home games vs. Kentucky from 1981 to 2016.
• Since 2018, Florida is just 2-4 against Kentucky. The wins came in 2019 in Lexington and in 2020 in Gainesville.
• The Gators are 7-4 vs. UK since HC Mark Stoops took over in 2013, with the losses coming in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
• Those are Florida’s only four losses in the head-to-head series dating back through 1987.
• From 1987-2017, the Gators claimed 31-consecutive games in the series against the Wildcats.
• Week 8 is Florida’s 2024 Homecoming game. Last season, the Gators defeated Vanderbilt, 38-14, to win its fifthstraight HC matchup. The Gators are 29-5 across their last 34 HC games and own a 71-26-2 all-time record on HC.
• This is the third meeting (0-2) between HC Billy Napier and UK’s Stoops as head coaches (more on Page 9).
• Across the last three games, QB Graham Mertz and QB DJ Lagway have gone a combined 69-of-87 passing (79.3%)
  with 729 yards, six touchdowns and one interception for a 170.2 rating.
• Mertz and Lagway represent one of just two FBS QB duos with 700-plus passing yards apiece (alongside Texas).
• Led by first-year senior analyst Joe Houston, Florida ranks fifth in the FBS in punt return average (19.63), ninth in net
  punting (43.86), and 34th in kick return average (22.86), and has been inside the top-13 all season in ESPN’s SP+ metric.
• WR Chimere Dikeranks first in the SEC and second in the FBS in yards per punt return (19.6), owning a long of 35 yards.
• Florida enters Week 8 ranking 19th in the FBS in passer rating (161.3) and 39th in passing offense (261.0).
• C Jake Slaughter grades No. 8 in the FBS in pass blocking (85.2) and No. 21 overall (73.9) out of 290 FBS centers.
• The Gators have allowed just eight sacks on the season, which ranks t-40th in the FBS and fifth in the SEC.