Ladies and gentlemen, you great people out in Big Blue Nation land, it looks like we’ve finally made it. Here we are… It’s game week.

This upcoming weekend we will have touchdowns being scored, a brown leather ball being thrown around, and beers being drank as we watch the first game of the Will Stein era debut. I don’t know if you can sense it through my words or not, but I am excited about it. I’ve been thinking about this day since last April when we decided to hire the current Oregon offensive coordinator and (lifelong) Louisville native as the guy to lead this program and I’m so eager that we are finally approaching kickoff time.

That long journey of essentially April through August with no Kentucky men’s basketball or football to consume our lives with is extremely hard but we’ve found our way through it. 

I am Tres Terrell, founder of Cats Coverage, and I’ve asked our crew to put together their season predictions on Kentucky Football’s wins and losses in 2026. Kentucky owns a top-5 toughest schedule in the entire NCAA so keep that in mind that every win will be hard-fought and will be earned.

It’s going to be a brutal stretch. But it’s going to be a fun one also. Let’s take a look.

Schedule:

Week 1: vs. Youngstown State

 Week 2: vs. Alabama

 Week 3: at Texas A&M

 Week 4: vs. South Alabama

 Week 5: at South Carolina

 Week 6: vs. LSU

 Week 7: at Oklahoma

 Week 8: vs. Vanderbilt

 Week 9: BYE

 Week 10: at Tennessee

 Week 11: vs. Florida

 Week 12: at Missouri

 Week 13: vs. Louisville

Twelve games, thirteen weeks. How many will the Wildcats win in year one under new head coach Will Stein? Well, we’ll tell you.

Janson Hoskins’ prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – WIN
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – WIN
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Janson’s Record: 7-5 overall

Tres Terrell’s prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – LOSS
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – WIN
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Tres’ Record: 6-6 overall

Tim Smith’s prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – LOSS
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – WIN
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – LOSS
at Tennessee – WIN
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – WIN
vs. Louisville – WIN

Tim’s Record: 7-5 overall

Braden Nevius’ prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – WIN
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – LOSS
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Braden’s Record: 6-6 overall

Wyatt Huff’s prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – LOSS
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – LOSS
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Wyatt’s Record: 5-7 overall

Ethan Grantz’s prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – WIN
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – WIN
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Ethan’s Record: 7-5 overall

Tyler Russell’s prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – WIN
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – LOSS
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Tyler’s Record: 6-6 overall

Nate Unthank’s prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – LOSS
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – LOSS
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Nate’s Record: 5-7 overall

Tanin Smith’s prediction:

vs. Youngstown State – WIN
vs. Alabama – LOSS
at Texas A&M – LOSS
vs. South Alabama – WIN
at South Carolina – WIN
vs. LSU – LOSS
at Oklahoma – LOSS
vs. Vanderbilt – WIN
at Tennessee – LOSS
vs. Florida – WIN
at Missouri – LOSS
vs. Louisville – WIN

Tanin’s Record: 6-6 overall

We’d love to know what you thought of our predictions, so let us know in the comment section who got it right — or who got it wrong.

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