Kentucky Football receives votes in Preseason Coaches Poll

USA Today’s Preseason Coaches Poll is out and your University of Kentucky Wildcats did not make the Top 25; however, they did receive 20 votes, making them No. 37 on the list.

As expected, Alabama is the preseason No. 1, followed by Clemson and Oklahoma. Six SEC teams are ranked in the Top 25, with five more receiving votes (Kentucky’s 2021 opponents are bolded):

1. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Texas A&M
11. Florida
13. LSU
25. Ole Miss
29. Auburn
37. Kentucky
41. Missouri
52. Arkansas
54. Mississippi State

Here’s the entire poll:

Others Receiving Votes: Utah 145; Northwestern 120; Arizona State 90; Auburn 84; Liberty 68; Brigham Young 53; Texas Christian 48; Michigan 30; Central Florida 29; NC State 27; Boise State 27; Kentucky 20; San Jose State 18; Army 13; Virginia Tech 9; Missouri 8; UCLA 7; Tulsa 6; Pittsburgh 6; Boston College 6; Houston 5; Ball State 5; West Virginia 4; Southern Methodist 4; Appalachian State 4; UAB 3; Arkansas 3; Nevada 2; Mississippi State 2; Air Force 2; Stanford 1; Marshall 1; Florida State 1; California 1.

In case you’re curious, here’s the list of voters for the 2021 Coaches Poll:

• Tom Allen, Indiana
• Blake Anderson, Utah State
• Dino Babers, Syracuse
• Walt Bell, Massachusetts
• Mike Bloomgren, Rice
• Craig Bohl, Wyoming
• Neal Brown, West Virginia
• Troy Calhoun, Air Force
• Matt Campbell, Iowa State
• Jason Candle, Toledo
• Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina
• Paul Chryst, Wisconsin
• Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech
• David Cutcliffe, Duke
• Butch Davis, Florida International
• Manny Diaz, Miami (Florida)
• Dave Doeren, North Carolina State
• Karl Dorrell, Colorado
• Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri
• Sonny Dykes, Southern Methodist
• Luke Fickell, Cincinnati
• Jedd Fisch, Arizona
• Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
• James Franklin, Penn State
• Willie Fritz, Tulane
• Danny Gonzales, New Mexico
• Todd Graham, Hawaii
• Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
• Will Hall, Southern Mississippi
• Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois
• Bryan Harsin, Auburn
• Clay Helton, Southern California
• Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
• Brady Hoke, San Diego State
• Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech
• Butch Jones, Arkansas State
• Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
• Jimmy Lake, Washington
• Clark Lea, Vanderbilt
• Tim Lester, Western Michigan
• Sean Lewis, Kent State
• Maurice Linguist, Buffalo
• Seth Littrell, North Texas
• Mike Locksley, Maryland
• Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern
• Gus Malzahn, Central Florida
• Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)
• Doug Martin, New Mexico State
• Phillip Montgomery, Tulsa
• Dan Mullen, Florida
• Billy Napier, Louisiana-Lafayette
• Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh
• Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
• Gary Patterson, TCU
• Sam Pittman, Arkansas
• Nick Rolovich, Washington State
• Nick Saban, Alabama
• Steve Sarkisian, Texas
• Scott Satterfield, Louisville
• Greg Schiano, Rutgers
• Kirby Smart, Georgia
• Jake Spavital, Texas State
• Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
• Mel Tucker, Michigan State
• Kyle Whittingham, Utah