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Kentucky WBB SEC Schedule Unveiled

Posted: August 6, 2025
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The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team begins and ends its Southeastern Conference regular season with fan favorites in 2025-26. UK’s conference schedule was unveiled by the league office Tuesday, which includes its SEC opener at LSU on New Year’s Day and its SEC closer against South Carolina in Historic Memorial Coliseum on March 1.

UK is still expected to add several more non-conference games to its schedule soon, while its TV designations and tip times will be announced at a later date.

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.

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 non-conference and conference schedule will be released soon.

This season, UK will begin conference action at LSU on New Year’s Day, a team that returns its second and third leading scorers combined with the top-ranked freshman class in the nation to fill fifth in ESPN’s Way Too Early Top 25. Kentucky will then play host to Missouri on Sunday, Jan. 4 and go back on the road to square off at Alabama on Thursday, Jan. 8.

The Wildcats will return home for back-to-back games against Oklahoma on Sunday, Jan. 11 and Florida on Thursday, Jan. 15, before going on the road for back-to-back games at Mississippi State on Sunday Jan. 18 and at Tennessee on Thursday, Jan. 22.

UK will play host to Georgia on Sunday, Jan. 25 before taking its first bye game on Thursday, Jan. 29.

Turning the page to February, the Wildcats will travel to meet the Razorbacks on Sunday, Feb. 1. Then, the Wildcats will play host to the Commodores on Thursday, Feb. 5 for the first of two meetings.

Every team in the league plays one Monday night primetime game, and Kentucky’s is on the road once again at Texas on Monday, Feb. 9. Kentucky will return home to play host to Texas A&M on Thursday, Feb. 12 and Ole Miss on Sunday, Feb. 15 before its second and final bye game on Thursday, Feb. 19.

The Wildcats’ final three games of the SEC regular season include games at Vanderbilt on Sunday, Feb. 22 and at Auburn on Feb. 26 before returning home to play host to top-ranked South Carolina on Sunday, March 1 in Historic Memorial Coliseum.

The 2026 SEC Tournament returns to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 4-8.

The SEC schedule is as follows: