Iowa vs. Kentucky

Iowa and Kentucky have 2 meetings on file, the first in 2021; officially, Iowa leads 1–⁠0; as played, 1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1. The NCAA vacated Kentucky’s win (2021); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Iowa leads 1–⁠0
Iowa wins on file
1
Kentucky wins on file
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2021
Longest streak
1 Kentucky
Current streak
1 Iowa
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
2022

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa and Kentucky, 2021 on1300150017002025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Cooper DeJean Iowa2022
Wan’Dale Robinson Kentucky2021

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 31, 2022Iowa 21, Kentucky 0Nissan StadiumMusic City Bowl
Jan 1, 202225Kentucky 20, 17Iowa 17vacatedCamping World StadiumCitrus Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.