Kentucky Football ranked 31st in Coaches Poll

Kentucky Football enters 2019 coming off a historic 10-win season and was voted 31st by the Amway Coaches committee’s college football rankings

Following severe misjudgment by the SEC Media at SEC Media Dyas (UK was predicted sixth out of seven in the East), the crew coaches who vote weekly in the Amway Coaches Poll handed Kentucky Football a surprising 79 votes, placing them 31st, six spots outside the traditional 25. For reference, here’s the entire poll:

1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. Oklahoma
5. Ohio State
6. LSU
7. Michigan
8. Florida
9. Notre Dame
10. Texas
11. Texas A&M
12. Washington
13. Oregon
14. Penn State
15. Utah
16. Auburn
17. Wisconsin
18. UCF
19. Iowa
20. Michigan State
21. Washington State
22. Syracuse
23. Stanford
24. Iowa State
25. Northwestern

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 152; Boise State 118; Mississippi State 111; Miami 94; Army 91; Kentucky 79; Virginia Tech 64; Texas Christian 63; Southern California 47; Utah State 32; Fresno State 32; Virginia 30; Cincinnati 25; West Virginia 24; Memphis 24; Oklahoma State 20; South Carolina 15; NC State 12; Duke 10; Boston College 5; Florida State 4; Baylor 4; Appalachian State 4; North Texas 3; Houston 3; UCLA 2; Temple 2; Arizona State 2; Troy 1; Tennessee 1; Mississippi 1; Minnesota 1.

79 votes. I’ll take it. Honestly, I was almost certain Kentucky would receive a goose egg in the top-25 polls ahead of the 2019 season. The Coaches association acknowledges results at least somewhat, evidenced by they’re ranking Kentucky over Missouri, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It’s almost like they coach actual division one football games. Here’s a thought: these coaches are smarter than the collection of knuckleheads branded as “analysts” or “experts” that gather once a year in Hoover, Alabama to sit in Will Muschamp’s lap and sing “Kum ba ya’s” while braiding his hair. “It’s gonna be ok Willie, the 2016 Jake Bentley striptease still has every heavyset former-linemen-turned-dry-media-personality hypnotized.”

Don’t rip the football media’s hearts out just yet. Remember that they played a sport for like 20 years where a severe concussion was treated like a Kindergarten paper cut. And if they played in the NFL, their commissioner spent his time trying to excuse domestic violence rather than listening to early CTE warnings that suggested yeah, most people in this football league are going to suffer severe brain damage for the rest of their lives.

Back to the point: the poll is Alex Weber approved. Kentucky may even climb into the top-25 after the first couple weeks, considering they play Toledo and Eastern Michigan to open the season.