The 2024 Kentucky football schedule starts on August 31st at home against Southern Miss. The Wildcats kick-off SEC play the next week at home against South Carolina. Kentucky goes on the road for their first game against new conference arrival, Texas, on November 23rd, 2024. The Wildcats wrap up regular season play at home against Louisville on November 30th. The 2024 SEC Football Championship game takes place on December 7th, 2024.
What’s Different for Kentucky Football in 2024?
Besides having a new quarterback and new offensive coordinator, there are a few outside of the team items that have changed this season. The first big change for UK in SEC football play is the league getting rid of divisions. Now, the best two teams in the conference will play for the SEC football championship on December 7th, 2024. The second big thing is adding Texas and Oklahoma to the conference.
2024 Kentucky Football Schedule
The times and TV schedule for the Kentucky football schedule are set for the first five games of the season now. The others are TBD until closer to the start of the game week. ESPN has the SEC broadcast rights this year. We’ll see the Wildcats play football on ESPN, SECN, and ABC.
| OPPONENT | DATE | TIME (ET) | TV |
| vs Southern Miss | Sat, Aug 31 | 7:45 PM | SECN |
| vs South Carolina | Sat, Sep 7 | 3:30 PM | ABC |
| vs Georgia | Sat, Sep 14 | 7:30 PM | ABC |
| vs Ohio | Sat, Sep 21 | 12:45 PM | SECN |
| @ Ole Miss | Sat, Sep 28 | 12:00 PM | ABC or ESPN |
| vs Vanderbilt | Sat, Oct 12 | 3:30 – 8 PM | TBD |
| @ Florida | Sat, Oct 19 | 3:30 – 8 PM | TBD |
| vs Auburn | Sat, Oct 26 | 6-8 PM | TBD |
| @ Tennessee | Sat, Nov 2 | 6-8 PM | TBD |
| vs Murray State | Sat, Nov 16 | 1:30 PM | SECN+/ESPN+ |
| @ Texas | Sat, Nov 23 | 3:30 – 8 PM | TBD |
| vs Louisville | Sat, Nov 30 | 3:30 – 8 PM | TBD |
| SEC Championship | Sat, Dec 7 | 4:00 PM | ABC |
Printable 2024 Kentucky Football Schedule
I always prefer a printable 2024 Kentucky football schedule to follow the game action. We have one posted for you in PDF here that you can use to print and share. We have a number of the kickoff times and TV broadcasts confirmed now. Where you see a timeframe range, it just means that ESPN will not go outside of this window when confirming game time. We also have the full 2024 SEC football schedule here if you want to see the other team’s schedules.
2024-25 College Football Bowls and Playoffs
The most significant change for the college football postseason and bowl schedule is the expansion of the college football playoff. For the 2024-25 college football postseason, the playoff expands from four to 12 teams. We have the 2024-25 college football bracket for you to check out, print and share to see what the game schedules will look like. You can check out the complete CFP schedule and the NCAA bowl lineup if Kentucky doesn’t make it to the top 12 ranked teams this season. No matter what, it looks to be another exciting season for Kentucky Wildcat football.
2023 Kentucky Wildcats Football Highlights (2023 Governor’s Cup)
Here you go. Highlights of the upset win over then #10 ranked Louisville.
