Kentucky football moves to no. 11 in new AP rankings

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Kentucky Wildcats running back Benny Snell Jr. (26) shows off his “Snell Yeah” towel after the game. University of Kentucky football defeated Vanderbilt University 14-7 to become 6-1 on the season on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

The Kentucky football team is continuing to make big strides this season, and after beating Missouri 15-14 on a last-second touchdown, the Cats are now ranked no. 11 in the latest Associated Press top-25 rankings, moving up one spot from last week. 

With their win over Missouri, the now-no. 11 Cats are 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the SEC. That makes for Kentucky’s best eight-game start to a season and best six-game SEC start to season since 1977. 

Three other SEC teams are ahead of UK– Alabama (no. 1), LSU (no. 4) and Georgia (no. 6). 

The bowl-eligible Wildcats will face their biggest test thus far in the Georgia Bulldogs next weekend at home, a game in which will decide the winner of the SEC East and give Kentucky a chance to go to the SEC championship. 

Kentucky/Georgia will kick off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and will be shown on CBS.