Overview
- The game is set for Saturday, Sept. 12 at Kroger Field with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. CT and will air on ABC with streams on Fubo and WatchESPN.
- Alabama enters as roughly a 10–10.5 point favorite in betting markets and is widely viewed as the likely winner in pregame probability models.
- Sophomore Keelon Russell will make his first road start after completing 18 of 30 for 256 yards and rushing 13 times for 86 yards in Alabama's 48-10 Week 1 win.
- Kentucky arrives off a 45-13 win in Will Stein's coaching debut led by Kenny Minchey, who threw for 301 yards and four touchdowns, but the Wildcats list several starters as limited or uncertain including Malachi Wood, Terhyon Nichols and Jovantae Barnes.
- Alabama's long dominance of the series (39 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie) and its improved ground attack and opportunistic defense frame this matchup as a stern early test of Kentucky's new-look offense.