The Inside College Football crew gave its pick earlier this week for the huge SEC matchup on Saturday in Norman between No. 15 Kentucky and Oklahoma.
The Wildcats are the ranked team among the 2 teams, coming in at No. 15, but the Sooners have their own momentum going despite being unranked after last week’s stunning victory over then-No. 1 Texas in the Red River Rivalry.
That means we have 2 teams who’ll be coming into the Week 7 primetime clash with some serious good feeling. No. 15 Kentucky is 5-1 overall and on a 4-game winning streak, capped by back-to-back overtime wins over South Carolina and LSU by the exact same 35-34 score. The Cats are 3-1 in the SEC, with their lone conference setback against Alabama in Week 2 feeling like a long time ago.
Then there is Oklahoma, which suffered through a 2-2 September that took it from the AP rankings straight out of those rankings. But the win over Texas last week at the Cotton Bowl could be a season saver, with the 3-2 Sooners trying to gain momentum through the middle of the season.
The Cats and Sooners will kick off on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network, and the CBS Sports analysts on Inside College Football had their own thoughts on the Week 7 showdown.
Let’s just say Aaron Taylor, Rick Neuheisel and Brian B.J. Jones all had their own vision of what will happen in Norman, and the trio didn’t land on the same team when making their picks.
Here are the mixed results of those picks for a matchup between an upstart and a blue blood trying to regain its steam:
While the Inside College Football crew has their own opinions on the game, here is what the Kalshi market is currently saying about Kentucky’s road matchup against Oklahoma and if the Wildcats can make it out of Norman with a victory:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
