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2007 Kentucky

8–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 2007, game by game: won vs. Eastern Kentucky 50–10; won vs. Kent State 56–20; won vs. No. 9 Louisville 40–34; won at Arkansas 42–29; won vs. Florida Atlantic 45–17; lost at No. 11 South Carolina 23–38; won vs. No. 1 LSU 43–37; lost vs. No. 14 Florida 37–45; lost vs. Mississippi State 14–31; won at Vanderbilt 27–20; lost at No. 8 Georgia 13–24; lost vs. No. 19 Tennessee 50–52; won vs. Florida State 35–28+40−17Won 50–10 vs. Eastern Kentucky+40Eastern KentuckyWon 56–20 vs. Kent State+36Kent StateWon 40–34 vs. No. 9 Louisville+6No. 9 LouisvilleWon 42–29 at Arkansas+13ArkansasWon 45–17 vs. Florida Atlantic+28Florida AtlanticLost 23–38 at No. 11 South Carolina-15No. 11 South CarolinaWon 43–37 vs. No. 1 LSU+6No. 1 LSULost 37–45 vs. No. 14 Florida-8No. 14 FloridaLost 14–31 vs. Mississippi State-17Mississippi Sta…Won 27–20 at Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltLost 13–24 at No. 8 Georgia-11No. 8 GeorgiaLost 50–52 vs. No. 19 Tennessee-2No. 19 TennesseeWon 35–28 vs. Florida State+7Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsEastern KentuckyW 50–⁠1079%
Sep 8vsKent StateW 56–⁠2068%
Sep 15vs9LouisvilleW 40–⁠3436%
Sep 22atArkansasW 42–⁠2940%
Sep 29vsFlorida AtlanticW 45–⁠1777%
Oct 4at11South CarolinaL 23–⁠3842%
Oct 13vs1LSUW 43–⁠3734%
Oct 20vs14FloridaL 37–⁠4547%
Oct 27vsMississippi StateL 14–⁠3176%
Nov 10atVanderbiltW 27–⁠2052%
Nov 17at8GeorgiaL 13–⁠2426%
Nov 24vs19TennesseeL 50–⁠5245%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsFlorida StateMusic City BowlW 35–⁠2845%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida State 35–⁠28 in the Music City Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 21
  2. Wk 5: 14
  3. Wk 6: 8
  4. Wk 7: 17
  5. Wk 8: 8
  6. Wk 9: 14
  7. Wk 11: 24
  8. Wk 12: 22
Record
8–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
475–⁠385
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1577 +66 this season
SP+ rating
13.4 No. 27 of 120; offense No. 15, defense No. 56, special teams No. 76
SRS
10.0 No. 17 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 115
Offensive coordinator
Joker Phillips
Defensive coordinator
Steve Brown
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense31st of 119
  • Defense88th of 119
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0743%0.9131st of 119
Defense0.0841%1.0088th of 119
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 332% allowed
Defense-0.3own 303% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2007 class

D.J. Stafford DT★★★★No. 103

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2007 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive line14.00.945

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2008

The 2008 draft
Rd 4Jacob Tamme TEIndianapolis Colts
Rd 4Keenan Burton WRSt. Louis Rams
Rd 6Andre’ Woodson QBNew York Giants
Rd 7Steve Johnson WRBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Andre WoodsonQBAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Jason LegerOGAP-2
  • Garry WilliamsOTCoaches-2
  • Jeremy JarmonDTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2007 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2007 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU6–⁠212–⁠21
Georgia6–⁠211–⁠22
Tennessee6–⁠210–⁠412
Florida5–⁠39–⁠413
Auburn5–⁠39–⁠415
Arkansas4–⁠48–⁠5
Mississippi State4–⁠48–⁠5
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠58–⁠5
South Carolina3–⁠56–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠7
Ole Miss0–⁠83–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.