The No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers face the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 at Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky.

One of the oldest rivalries in college football will be revived on Saturday as Kentucky (2-4) hosts No. 17 Tennessee (5-2).

The Tennessee Vols are hosting the Kentucky Wildcats in a Week 9 college football game. Follow live updates from Lexington, Kentucky.

The Tennessee Vols are hosting the Kentucky Wildcats in a Week 9 college football game. Follow live updates from Lexington, Kentucky.

The best Tennessee State can finish in 2025 is 6-6, and the Tigers will have to win the rest of their games to do that.

The Volunteers' record ATS is 3-1 in the last four times they have gone up against the Wildcats, while the scoring has gone over the total on three occasions.

Tennessee has had its struggles on defense this year, and that continued on Saturday night against a below-average Kentucky offense.

McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — A massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that killed 16 people, leveled the building and was felt more than 20 miles away began in an area where workers used kettles to produce a mixture of explosives and set off other explosives stored nearby, authorities said Friday.

Representatives with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will give an update Friday morning about the deadly explosion that occurred two weeks ago at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant in Bucksnort.

Quarterback Cutter Boley had his best game as a Wildcat (outplaying preseason Heisman Trophy favorite Archie Manning), and the Kentucky defense really stepped up in big moments. Oddsmakers still favor Tennessee, though, with Big Blue getting 8.5 points despite being at home.