Kentucky opens as favorite over Youngstown State
Kentucky opens the season at home against Youngstown State as the favorite, with an undisclosed injury already knocking a running back out for the year.
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Covers' aggregated injury table lists running back T. Mizell as Out with an undisclosed injury, reported last week. The table projects him to miss the remainder of the season, and with an Out designation and no timetable attached, that reads as the expectation rather than a guess.
No cause or further detail is given beyond the undisclosed label, and no other injuries appear on the table as camp winds down.
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Kentucky opens its season on September 5 vs. Youngstown State at Kroger Field in Lexington, and the market has the Wildcats favored with a total that reads high-scoring. Youngstown State comes in 1-0 this season after a 43-10 win over Mercyhurst, giving the Wildcats a look at an opponent already in game shape for the opener.
It's a clean slate after last season ended on a sour note — Kentucky's last two games of 2025 were a 45-17 loss at Vanderbilt and a 41-0 shutout at Louisville to close out the year. A week after the opener, Alabama comes to Kroger Field on September 12, with no line posted yet on that one.
For now the attention is on Youngstown State, with Kentucky set up as the side the market likes to start the year.