Kentucky +7 2.2% play
This is the role I love to back Mark Stoops in. It is a little unusual to see a top 10 ranked team a TD dog on the road against a team that is ranked lower, and that would cause me some pause, but looking into this game I could not go any other way. I think Kentucky is going to force Ole Miss to rely on Jaxson Dart to win them this game, and I don’t know that he can. Ole Miss also has some injury concerns at RB and at C that could have an impact here. Meanwhile, I think Kentucky’s offense is going to get a huge boost from Chris Rodriguez returning. They have really struggled to run the ball, but despite that Will Levis has been great, and it has opened up the offense, but I really see them getting back to the run game against Ole Miss defense which is designed to stop the pass not the run, which is why they rank 50th in epa run defense despite facing an overage opponent ranking 110th in epa run offense. Kentucky could have some issues pass blocking, but Chris Rodriguez should also help in that aspect, and Kentucky back in that role as a dog, playing with a chip on their shoulder.
