Indiana and Oregon are battling tonight in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to see who gets to go on to play Miami. The Hurricanes just knocked off the Ole Miss Rebels in a classic and will be anxiously waiting to see who they will battle it out with on the 19th for the trophy.
But what if I told you the biggest winner of all tonight won't be Oregon or Indiana, it's going to be Kentucky.
Kentucky football will be the biggest winner in the Peach Bowl
Will Stein is currently coaching Oregon in the playoffs, and he has talked about how he would love to talk about Kentucky, but he owes it to the guys in the Oregon locker room to be fully invested in the Ducks at this moment. He made a promise to give them his all, and he has done so. Unfortunately for him, it is in the middle of the Transfer Portal season. He front-loaded the visit schedule so that he could be in Lexington for a lot of visits and then went back to Eugene. In the media availability, Stein looked exhausted.
That's our coach 🔵⚪. Now go win a natty and then kill it here. https://t.co/gNUxW9NaLA
— Wildcat Blue Nation (@WildcatBlueNatn) January 8, 2026
Kentucky found Kenny Minchey to be QB1, but still has a lot of work to do on the offensive side of the ball with 6 WRs departing via the portal and only 1 incoming right now. They did just get great news that Willie Rodriguez was coming back, and they have 3 offensive linemen already in the fold. But there are some holes at nearly every other position where they need some help.
As for Indiana and Oregon, they both will want to win the National Championship. If Oregon loses, Kentucky gets Will Stein back for the last week of the portal. If they win, Kentucky has a head coach currently coaching in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
So either way, the biggest winner will not be the Hoosiers or the Ducks, but your Kentucky Wildcats.