Kentucky fan’s rooting guide for Week 4

When your favourite faculty soccer staff is having an awesome season, you begin to develop into very keen on a number of different video games every week even if you happen to’ve by no means watched them play a sport in your life earlier than or don’t even know both staff’s mascots.

That’s as a result of when your staff is nice, the success of their season will be helped or hindered by all the opposite groups in a number of methods. For instance, UK wouldn’t be ranked #8 within the AP ballot proper now if Baylor, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, and others hadn’t taken losses to lesser foes within the final three weeks.

Likewise, the SEC standings decide who goes to the championship sport, who will get the perfect bowls, and so forth., so what occurs every week to UK’s convention foes is extraordinarily vital as nicely.

Cheer for these outcomes this week—it’ll solely assist the ‘Cats:

1. Tennessee loses to Florida for convention loss

Now that UK has crushed Florida, they’re actually not a major risk to the Wildcats within the standings, because the head-to-head tiebreaker ought to hold Kentucky forward of the Gators for the remainder of the season if UK performs like a contender. The one important risk left to hinder a winner-take-all Kentucky vs. Georgia showdown for the East is that if Tennessee beats Kentucky within the head-to-head later this season and prevents the ‘Cats from overtaking them within the standings. Whereas the Vols might lose twice of their video games towards Georgia and Bama and UK solely lose one to Tennessee however nonetheless win the East, Rocky High shedding to Florida would make issues a lot simpler. Plus, it might make UK’s Florida win look even higher.

2. High-7 losses (particularly Clemson)

Wouldn’t it’s nice if extra groups ranked forward of UK lose and the ‘Cats get to climb even greater within the polls despite the fact that they’re solely enjoying Northern Illinois this week? It positive would, however the High 7 aren’t enjoying very robust video games this week. The closest ones are most likely Clemson at Wake Forest and USC at Oregon State. However hey! It might occur, proper? I imply, that is faculty soccer we’re speaking about.

3. Ole Miss & Arkansas

The Rebels will most likely handle enterprise at house this week towards lowly Tulsa, which is what Kentucky desires. Lose that and never solely would a win subsequent week not look pretty much as good over Ole Miss however UK may also should face an offended Rebels squad decided to bounce again. The sport shall be tough sufficient as it’s, so let’s hope Ole Miss has the very best rating doable to maximise positive factors from a win and reduce losses from a loss. Would possibly as nicely root towards groups ranked 9-15 additionally so Ole Miss can transfer forward of them.

As for Arkansas, that is form of a foolish factor, however not solely would it not be tremendous enjoyable in the event that they hold profitable towards Texas A&M this week and finally dethrone Bama as they take the SEC West, but when UK wins the East, then they’ll play Arkansas as a substitute of the Crimson Tide! I do know, I’m getting too far forward of myself, however a worthy opponent taking Alabama down could be good for the ‘Cats in different methods most likely, apart from simply be actually enjoyable. Alabama vs. Georgia: Spherical 927 will get outdated, y’know?