Kentucky receives votes in Preseason Coaches Poll, No. 37 overall

Kentucky will not enter the 2024 college football season ranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll. The Wildcats will, however, enter the year receiving votes in a pack of schools on the outside looking in.

Receiving 12 votes, Kentucky comes in ranked No. 37 overall and No. 11 in the SEC, behind Georgia (No. 1), Texas (No. 4), Alabama (No. 5), Ole Miss (No. 6), Missouri (No. 11), LSU (No. 12), Tennessee (No. 15), Oklahoma (No. 16) and Texas A&M (No. 20) in the poll and Auburn (25 votes) in the others-receiving-votes category.

Louisville (95 votes), Florida (11 votes) and South Carolina (10 votes) are other schools on Kentucky’s schedule receiving votes. Former UK DC Jon Sumrall and the Tulane Green Wave also received two votes.

Take a look at the debut of the Coaches Poll:

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Georgia	0-0	1364	46	NR	–	1/1
2	Ohio State	0-0	1302	7	NR	–	2/2
3	Oregon	0-0	1228	0	NR	–	3/3
4	Texas	0-0	1223	1	NR	–	4/4
5	Alabama	0-0	1077	0	NR	–	5/5
6	Ole Miss	0-0	1019	0	NR	–	6/6
7	Notre Dame	0-0	969	0	NR	–	7/7
8	Michigan	0-0	944	1	NR	–	8/8
9	Penn State	0-0	889	0	NR	–	9/9
10	Florida State	0-0	867	0	NR	–	10/10
11	Missouri	0-0	808	0	NR	–	11/11
12	LSU	0-0	742	0	NR	–	12/12
13	Utah	0-0	665	0	NR	–	13/13
14	Clemson	0-0	657	0	NR	–	14/14
15	Tennessee	0-0	621	0	NR	–	15/15
16	Oklahoma	0-0	609	0	NR	–	16/16
17	Kansas State	0-0	416	0	NR	–	17/17
18	Oklahoma State	0-0	359	0	NR	–	18/18
19	Miami (FL)	0-0	292	0	NR	–	19/19
20	Texas A&M	0-0	273	0	NR	–	20/20
21	Arizona	0-0	230	0	NR	–	21/21
22	North Carolina State	0-0	216	0	NR	–	22/22
23	USC	0-0	199	0	NR	–	23/23
24	Kansas	0-0	186	0	NR	–	24/24
25	Iowa	0-0	148	0	NR	–	25/25

Others Receiving Votes

Washington 123; Louisville 95; Virginia Tech 64; SMU 47; Memphis 44; Boise State 30; Auburn 25; West Virginia 22; Wisconsin 17; Liberty 15; Iowa State 15; Kentucky 12; Florida 11; South Carolina 10; North Carolina 6; UNLV 5; Maryland 5; UCF 4; Texas Tech 4; UTSA 3; Tulane 2; Texas State 2; Nebraska 2; Colorado 2; Appalachian State 2; Troy 1; Syracuse 1; Miami (OH) 1; James Madison 1; Air Force 1;