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The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team – who is due back to campus this week – received its Southeastern Conference home and away opponents for the upcoming season, it was announced by the league office Tuesday.
The Wildcats will square off with conference foes 16 times during the regular season, which includes eight home games and eight away games. For the second straight season, the Cats will meet just one conference foe for a home-and-away game, a change made prior to last season after the addition of the Longhorns and the Sooners.
Kentucky will host Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Oklahoma inside Historic Memorial Coliseum next season, while it will travel to Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas in 2025-26.
The Wildcats and the Commodores will play two times during the regular season.
Kentucky’s home-and-away opponents for the upcoming season are as follows:
2025-26 SEC Home & Away Opponent
Vanderbilt
2025-26 SEC Home Games
Florida
Georgia
Ole Miss
Missouri
South Carolina
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
2025-26 SEC Away Games
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Texas
In head coach Kenny Brooks’ first season at the helm of the Kentucky Wildcats in 2024-25, his team produced an 11-5 record in the SEC regular season, a league that was new to almost the entire roster. The Wildcats finished fourth in the stacked league, earning a double bye at the SEC Tournament.
The squad set some high standards in Brooks’ first season competing in the SEC regular season, including:
- Kentucky had its best scoring margin in Southeastern Conference regular-season action (+8.5 ppg) since 2012-13 (then +13.9 ppg).
- Kentucky had its best scoring defense in SEC regular-season action (65.8 ppg) since 2018-19 (then 60.6 ppg).
- UK won eight SEC games by at least 14 points, the second most in a single season in program history (the 2009-10 team had eight such wins).
- The Wildcats scored their most points in SEC regular-season action (1,189) since 2012-13 (then 1,231).
- This is the only UK team to shoot at least 45.0 percent from the field in SEC regular-season action since at least 2002-03.
- UK had its best FG% defense in SEC regular-season action (37.56%) since at least 2002-03.
- UK had its best 3FG% defense in SEC regular-season action (27.3%) since at least 2002-03.
- The Wildcats had their largest win improvement in SEC regular-season action from the previous season in program history (+7 wins).
- Kentucky had its fewest SEC road losses (3) since 2018-19 (2).
Remaining details about the nonconference and conference schedule will be released soon.
