Kentucky's schedule will be brutal in 2025

Mark Stoops and his staff at the Joe Craft Football Training Facility have added 40 new scholarship players to the roster since the 2024 season ended with 21 high school prospects and 19 transfers joining the program. Kentucky needed a massive overhaul and a culture fix this offseason to help prevent another highly disappointing season from happening again in 2025.

We still have to get through a long offseason to see what those changes will bring, but there is a chance this new team will have the toughest schedule in college football. The slate could be fairly treacherous for the 2025 Kentucky football team.

On Monday, On3’s Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman dropped their way too early top 25. The Cats will play six conference games against top-15 opponents.

1. Texas
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Penn State
5. Notre Dame
6. Georgia
7. Illinois
8. South Carolina
9. Florida
10. Clemson
11. Auburn
12. Michigan
13. Tennessee
14. Alabama
15. LSU
16. BYU
17. Arizona State
18. Oklahoma
19. Texas A&M
20. Kansas State
21. Miami
22. SMU
23. Indiana
24. Georgia Tech
25. Nebraska

The SEC has four teams in this preseason top-10. Kentucky faces all of them with Texas and Florida coming to Kroger Field. There is also a road trip to No. 11 Auburn while No. 13 Tennessee will come to Lexington. Kentucky will have its hands full on the field in 2025.

Kentucky has many issues to fix before the games begin but this season could feature a low ceiling due to how difficult this SEC schedule projects to be.

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