The No. 22-ranked Florida Gators, led by quarterback Graham Mertz, meet the Kentucky Wildcats, led by coach Mark Stoops, in a Week 5 NCAA Big Ten college football game on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky.
Line: Kentucky by 1 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Florida and Kentucky each seek to improve to 2-0 in the SEC and stay in East Division contention. The visiting Gators also look to stop a two-game series skid against the Wildcats, who have won three of the past five meetings after losing the previous 31.Kentucky’s offense vs. Florida’s defense. The Wildcats average 38 points and 396.5 yards per game but barely outgained Vanderbilt 365-328.
Kentucky cornerback/safety Maxwell Hairston returned two interceptions for touchdowns in last week’s 45-28 victory at Vanderbilt to set a program single-game program record and match a conference mark. He’s tied for the SEC lead with three pickoffs and has also forced a fumble in the opener against Ball State.Mertz has completed 77.8% of his passes, which leads the SEC and ranks fourth nationally behind Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, Oregon’s Bo Nix and Oklahoma’s Dillon Gabriel.
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