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How to watch, stream, and bet on the Florida Gators vs Kentucky Wildcats

Untitled designby:Nick de la Torre•09/30/23•

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The No. 22 Florida Gators take their show on the road this week to play the 4-0 Kentucky Wildcats. This will be Florida’s second road game of the season and Florida is looking to end a a two game skid to the Cats.

“As we get into the season, I think it becomes even more important than ever that we’re intentional about our approach. You know, and I think the elite players that I’ve been around my career are the ones that have a plan, right? And they’re very deliberate about every bit of their day,” Billy Napier said on Wednesday night. “Certainly in the season when you’re trying to maximize your time, you know you’re either trying or you’re training and this game requires training. And there’s no question that all of our guys, I think, in particular, our veteran players are doing a better job each week. I think the younger players are learning to be very intentional. You got to live with attention and certainly got to prepare with attention.”

Florida Gators vs. Kentucky Wildcats game info

  • Date: Saturday, September 30
  • Time: Noon ET
  • Location: Kroger Field (61,000), Lexington, Kentucky
  • Channel: ESPN
  • Radio: ESPN Gainesville – WRUF | The Varsity Network | SiriusXM 136 or 201 | SiriusXM App
  • Mobile: ESPN App
  • Gator Walk: Gator Walk is scheduled for 8:40 am

On the call:

Play-by-Play: Joe Tessitore
Analyst: Greg McElroy
Reporter: Katie George

Florida vs. Kentucky Odds, Spread, Over/Under for Week 5

(Lines from Bet MGM)

SpreadTotal (O/U)Moneyline
Florida+1 -11044 -110+105
Kentucky-1 -11044 -110-125

Storylines

Game Notes

  • Florida visits Kentucky in Lexington for the 34th time in the 74th all-time meeting between the two programs.
  • The Gators wield a 53-20 record against the Wildcats including a 22-11 mark on the road.
  • Florida has won 33 of the last 36 meetings in the series including victories in 16 of the last 17 games in Lexington.
  • Prior to Florida’s 20-13 loss in 2021, the Gators had not lost to Kentucky in Lexington in 35 years (1986), owning 16 straight road wins in the series.
  • From 1978-2017, the Gators claimed 31 consecutive games in the series against the Wildcats.
  • Since 2018, Florida is just 2-3 against Kentucky. The wins came in 2019 in Lexington and in 2020 in Gainesville.
  • Billy Napier is going for his 50th career victory including his 10th at the helm of the Gators on Saturday.
  • Florida enters the Week 5 matchup ranked its highest (No. 22) since sitting at No. 20 in the Sept. 18, 2022 AP Poll.
  • The Gators have been ranked inside the AP top-25 in each of the last two weeks in the team’s first return to the rankings since holding status inside the AP Top 20 in three-consecutive polls last season from Weeks 2-4.
  • Florida is in the midst of its first winning streak of three games or more since rattling off six-straight SEC victories from Oct. 31 – Dec. 5, 2020 (def. Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Tennessee).
  • The Gators posted their second ranked victory of the Napier era in Week 3, defeating No. 11 Tennessee, 29-16.
  • 11 teams have faced two AP Top 25 opponents. Florida is one of two (Alabama) with a win – the others are all 0-2.
  • Graham Mertz has completed 70% of his passes or better in each of his first four starts as a Gator – the first UF quarterback with four-straight games above 70% since Kyle Trask in 2020 (Arkansas, at Vanderbilt, Kentucky, at Tennessee).
  • Mertz has completed 88.0% of his passes (85-for-109), which leads the SEC and ranks third nationally behind Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and Oregon’s Bo Nix (a recent stat correction vaulted him just ahead of OU’s Dillon Gabriel).
  • Mertz ranked as the No. 24 QB in the portal this offseason (per On3). Stacked against the class’ top 10 QBs, Mertz ranks first in completion percentage and third with a 162.1 passer rating in 2023 (behind Sam Hartman and Shedeur Sanders).

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