Kyle Tucker

@KyleTucker_CJ

Want some context for Kentucky's 17-game SEC losing streak, which it desperately needs to break Saturday at home against Vanderbilt? It took quite a bit of digging (and adding, so fingers crossed that these are both accurate, because if I was good at math I wouldn't be typing this) but below are two lists that should help.

The Cats have the longest active conference losing streak in the country. Should they lose to the Commodores, they'll set a new school record for consecutive SEC losses and move into a tie with South Carolina for the eight-longest losing streak in SEC history – sixth-longest among programs still in the SEC. Would you have guessed Sewanee owns the record? Or even played in the league? Check these lists out:

Longest active conference losing streaks in FBS

17 – Kentucky (SEC). Last win: Nov. 26, 2011 vs. Tennessee

15 – California (Pac-12). Last win: Oct. 13, 2012 at Washington State

13 – Arkansas (SEC). Last win: Oct. 13, 2012 vs. Kentucky

12 – Georgia State (Sun Belt/CAA). Last win: Oct. 13, 2012 at Rhode Island

12 – Miami OH (MAC). Last win: Oct. 27, 2012 vs. Ohio

10 – Air Force (Mountain West). Last win: Nov. 16, 2012 vs. Hawaii

* Hawaii has lost eight straight and 18 of 19 in conference play (Mountain West/WAC)

LONGEST SEC WINLESS STREAKS

37 – Sewanee (1933-40), lost every game it played in SEC

33 – Vanderbilt (1976-81), lost 35 of 36

29 – Mississippi State (1965-70), includes two ties in 1968

23 – Vanderbilt (2000-03), lost 30 of 32 (both wins vs. Kentucky)

22 – Vanderbilt (1995-98), lost 30 of 32 (one of two wins vs. Kentucky)

22 – Mississippi State (1958-61), includes a tie in 1960

19 – Tulane (1961-64), includes a tie in 1963

18 – South Carolina (1997-99)

17 – Kentucky (1969-71), ended against Vanderbilt

17 – Kentucky (2012-14)*

16 – Ole Miss (2010-12)

15 – Kentucky (1999-01), ended against Vanderbilt

For the record, I think the streak ends Saturday. I say so right here in our UK-Vandy video preview. Watch it and decide: Am I wearing pants?

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