One of the most talked about events in the world of sports over the summer was the long-awaited release of the EA Sports College Football 25 video game.
With kickoff for Kentucky football just around the corner, the Kentucky Kernel opted to see how NCAA 25 thinks the Wildcats will perform this season.
Below is a full breakdown of the schedule and results for each game:
Week 1: 44-12 WIN over Southern Mississippi
Week 2: 31-18 WIN over South Carolina
Week 3: 49-24 Loss to Georgia
Week 4: 41-12 WIN over Ohio
Week 5: 28-10 WIN over Ole Miss
Week 6: BYE
Week 7: 31-17 WIN over Vanderbilt
Week 8: 34-31 Loss to Florida
Week 9: 20-10 Loss to Auburn
Week 10: 31-13 Loss to Tennessee
Week 11: BYE
Week 12: 45-28 WIN over Murray State*
Week 13: 38-28 WIN over Texas
Week 14: 21-17 WIN over Louisville
*: Murray State is not in the game, but this is the result of the non-conference general FCS game scheduled for that week.
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When it all shakes out, NCAA 25 predicts the Cats will finish 9-4 in the regular season. This mark will be short of the playoffs, though three fellow SEC teams did find themselves in the College Football Playoffs with No. 3 Alabama, No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 10 Florida.
The No.5 ranked Aggies made it to the Semifinals of the playoff, but were knocked off by Cincinnati out of the Big 12.
The National Championship game came down to Oregon and Cincinnati with NCAA 25 predicting that Oregon will be the National Champions.
Shifting gears back to the Wildcats, below is how the team finished when it comes to offensive statistics:
Passing:
Brock Vandagriff: 3,519 passing yards, 32 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, 168.4 quarterback rating
Rushing:
- DeaMonte “Chip” Trayanum: 857 yards, 13 touchdowns
- Brock Vandagriff: 299 yards, three touchdowns
- Demie Sumo-Karngbaye: 243 yards, one touchdown
Receiving:
- Dane Key: 1,092 yards, 10 touchdowns
- Ja’Mori Maclin: 894 yards, 14 touchdowns
- Barion Brown: 592 yards, two touchdowns
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Finally, here is a look at some of the defensive statistics on the year:
Sack leaders:
- Deone Walker: 8.5 sacks
- J.J. Weaver: 8.5 sacks
- Keeshawn Silver: 5.5 sacks
Interceptions:
- Maxwell Hairston: two interceptions
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Now that the game has spoken, the Wildcats will take the field for their 2024 season debuts at home on Saturday, August 31, against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. The game is set to begin at 7:45 p.m. ET and will air live on the SEC Network.
