What channel is Kentucky vs Texas on today? Time, TV schedule to watch Week 8 game

LEXINGTON — Kentucky football’s latest attempt to end its SEC losing streaks — eight overall dating to last season, and eight at home going back to September 2023 — takes place tonight at Kroger Field.

UK welcomes Texas to town for the first time.

The two previous meetings in this series were in Austin, Texas, with the Longhorns winning both.

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The Wildcats enter tonight’s contest after an open date, which coach Mark Stoops deemed a “productive” week for his program.

“We needed to get some guys healthy and needed to get better, and I feel like we got a lot of work done last week,” he said. “Got guys healthy. Got a little head start on Texas.”

What does Stoops make of the Longhorns, who are ranked 17th in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll and 21st in the AP Top 25?

“We know what you’re getting with Texas: It’s a very good football team, very well coached,” he said. “Ton of respect for coach Sark (Texas’ Steve Sarkisian). I’ve known him for a long time. We’ve gone against each other all the way back to the days out West when I was at Arizona, and he was at USC.

“I’ve always have a ton of respect for him and the way he calls plays.”

Kentucky is 2-3 overall and 0-3 in conference play; UT is 4-2 and 1-1, respectively.

The Wildcats’ last win over a ranked team doubles as their most recent triumph over a league foe: last season’s road upset of then-unbeaten Ole Miss. If the Longhorns are victorious, it will mark their 966th win all time, the fifth most in college football history. (Notre Dame, which is fourth, enters today with 966 victories.)

• TV channel: ESPN
• Livestream: Fubo (free trial); ESPN+ (subscriber only)

Kentucky vs Texas will be broadcast nationally on ESPN in Week 8 of the 2025 college football season. Dave Flemming and Brock Osweiler will call the game from the booth at Kroger Field, with Stormy Buonantony reporting from the sidelines. Streaming options for the game include ESPN+, ESPN’s subscription streaming service, and Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 18
• Start time: 7 p.m.

The Kentucky vs Texas game starts at 7 p.m. from Kroger Field in Lexington.

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Odds courtesy of BetMGM, as of Friday, Oct. 17

Texas 38, Kentucky 10: The most points the Longhorns have allowed in any game this season is 29. Kentucky’s offense, which already struggles to score in even the best of times, likely will find it tough sledding against UT’s stingy bunch, which ranks third nationally in scoring defense (11 points per game). Barring a plethora of Texas turnovers, or multiple momentum-shifting plays by Kentucky’s special teams, it’s hard to see how the hosts pull off the upset. — Ryan Black, The Courier Journal

Spread: Texas by 12 ½

Over/under: 42 ½

Moneyline: Kentucky +360, Texas -475.

Reach Kentucky men’s basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @RyanABlack.