No. 21 Tennessee (5-2, 2-2) at Kentucky (5-2, 2-2)

6 p.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN)

Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky

2 More points have been scored by Tennessee than by Kentucky this season. The Volunteers have outscored their opponents 221-136 in 2023. The Wildcats have outscored their opponents 219-165 this season.

4 Tennessee players have more than 200 rushing yards this season, the most in the SEC. RB Jaylen Wright has 593 rushing yards, RB Jabari Smith 383, RB Dylan Sampson 301 and QB Joe Milton III 232 for the Volunteers in 2023. Tennessee has averaged 217.3 rushing yards per game, the best in the SEC this season. The Kentucky defense has allowed 95.7 rushing yards per game, the second-lowest in the SEC in 2023.

5 Interceptions for Kentucky CB Maxwell Hairston this season, tied for the national lead with Iowa State’s Jeremiah Cooper and Liberty’s Brylan Green.

7 Consecutive games with a TD for Kentucky RB Ray Davis. Davis is the first Kentucky player to score a TD in each of the Wildcats’ first seven games in a season. Davis ran for two TDs in a 44-14 victory over Ball State on Sept. 2, caught a TD pass in a 28-17 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 9, had one TD run and one TD reception in a 35-3 victory over Akron on Sept. 16, ran for two TDs in a 45-28 victory over Vanderbilt on Sept. 23, had three TD runs and one TD reception in a 33-14 victory over Florida on Sept. 30, caught a TD pass in a 51-14 loss to Georgia on Oct. 7 and caught a TD pass in a 38-21 loss to Missouri on Oct. 14.

11 Consecutive games with at least one TD pass for Tennessee QB Joe Milton III. In the past two seasons, Milton has thrown at least one TD pass in each of the 14 games in which he’s passed at least once.

22 Victories and one loss for Tennessee under coach Josh Heupel when the Volunteers are ahead at halftime. Tennessee is 1-9 under Heupel when it hasn’t led at halftime. The lone loss came in Saturday’s 34-20 setback against Alabama, which Tennessee led 20-7 at halftime. The lone victory came in the game before that – a 20-13 victory over Texas A&M in which the Vols had a 10-7 deficit.

32 Victories for Tennessee, four victories for Kentucky and one tie when the Volunteers are ranked and the Wildcats are unranked. Kentucky won the previous such matchup by upending No. 18 Tennessee in 2020.

83 Victories for Tennessee, 26 victories for Kentucky and nine ties in the Volunteers-Wildcats series. Tennessee has played and beaten Kentucky more times than it has any other opponent. Kentucky has played Tennessee more times than it has any other opponent. The teams have squared off annually since the 1919 season, except for the 1943 campaign, when neither school fielded a team. Tennessee leads the series 39-15-3 in Lexington.

112 Rushing yards per game for Kentucky RB Ray Davis this season, the best average in the SEC. Davis has run for 781 yards and eight TDs on 111 carries in 2023.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.