Kentucky soccer nonetheless has but to play a regular-season sport, however they’re already shifting up in a single rankings system.
Following Week Zero motion over the weekend to open up the 2023 school soccer season, Kentucky jumped up 4 spots in ESPN’s updated Football Power Index, shifting from preseason No. 28 to simply contained in the Prime 25 at No. 24 heading into the season-opener this Saturday. Kentucky’s first opponent, Ball State, checks in at No. 112 in ESPN’s present FPI. They’ll go head-to-head at midday EST on the SEC Community.
Solely two nationally ranked groups — No. 6 Southern California and No. 13 Notre Dame — had been in motion throughout Week Zero. A complete of seven video games had been performed, with only one SEC program — Vanderbilt, which beat Hawaii 35-28 — taking the sector. Despite the fact that there wasn’t a lot motion throughout the nation, the superior stats adjusted accordingly.
Despite the fact that Kentucky didn’t play over the weekend, the FPI nonetheless up to date their season-long projections. The Wildcats’ anticipated win-loss report has barely improved from a median projected ultimate report of seven.1-4.9 final week, to 7.2-4.8 this week. Moreover, Kentucky now has an 83.3 % likelihood to win no less than six video games (81.9 % final week) and a 3.9 % likelihood to win the SEC East (3.2 % final week).
With these new numbers, we are able to replace the game-by-game FPI predictions for Kentucky too. Whereas I’m not fully certain how ESPN identifies these stats, it’s actually fascinating to see that the Wildcats’ odds to win every sport this season improved in eight of the 12 common season contests regardless of nonetheless having not performed a sport.
The street matchup towards Mississippi State even flipped from a loss to a win. Kentucky is now projected to win 9 video games primarily based on game-by-game percentages. Tennessee at house is even nearer to a coin flip. UK’s full schedule is listed under. Rankings and win percentages come from the FPI.
vs. No. 112 Ball State | 91.6% (W)
vs. N/A Jap Kentucky | 98.6% (W)
vs. No. 132 Akron | 96.4% (W)
@ No. 81 Vanderbilt | 77.7% (W)
vs. No. 25 Florida | 58.5% (W)
@ No. 3 Georgia | 11.6% (L)
vs. No. 34 Missouri | 63.2% (W)
vs. No. 15 Tennessee | 48.9% (L)
@ No. 31 Mississippi State | 51.4% (W)
vs. No. 2 Alabama | 14.6% (L)
@ No. 33 South Carolina | 51.4% (W)
@ No. 43 Louisville | 55.6% (W)
