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Kentucky vs. South Carolina 2026 Recap

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Data updatedOct 31, 2026
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Picks two teams at random. Any FBS team can come up.

How we picked it

How we picked it

Three ratings look at a team in three different ways. The numbers' pick is the team at least two of them favor.

Where the game is won

Where the game is won

Each row puts one team's unit against the unit it faces, by national rank out of all FBS teams. An edge is a gap of 25 spots or more.

Ratings: SP+ via CFB Update; PRIME via primecfb.com. Box and play stats computed from CollegeFootballData.com play data (via the public cfbfastR files), FBS games only for scoring. Rushing yards here exclude sacks, so they run higher than official totals. Ranks are out of 138 FBS teams.

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Kentucky at South Carolina, Week 5

Final: Kentucky 35, South Carolina 34. Elo pick: South Carolina (missed).

Kentucky and South Carolina: team pages with every stat and national rank. Every Week 5 game, graded.

Kentucky at South Carolina, Week 5: questions people ask

Who won Kentucky vs. South Carolina, and what was the score?

Kentucky beat South Carolina 35–34 on Sat, Oct 3 at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Did Elo get Kentucky at South Carolina right?

No. Elo picked South Carolina, 67% chance to win going in. Kentucky won by 1.

What decided Kentucky at South Carolina?

Kentucky won with the lower success rate, 45% to South Carolina's 60%. South Carolina hit more big plays: 15% of its plays were explosive (runs of 12+ yards, passes of 16+), to 8%. South Carolina turned it over twice to Kentucky's 0.

Kentucky vs. South Carolina player stats: who had the big game?

Kenny Minchey (Kentucky) threw for 274 yards, Lanorris Sellers (South Carolina) ran for 133 yards, and Kenny Darby (Kentucky) had 98 receiving yards.

What's the Kentucky–South Carolina series record now?

South Carolina leads 22–15–1.