CITRUS BOWL

When: Jan. 1

Who: No. 25 Kentucky (9-3, SEC) vs. No. 17 Iowa (10-3, Big Ten)

Time: 1 p.m. ET

Where: Orlando, Florida

TOP PLAYERS

Kentucky: QB Will Levis, a Penn State transfer, threw for 2,593 of his 2,980 yards and 23 of his 32 total TDS. Iowa: Linebackers Jack Campbell and Seth Benson had 126 and 95 tackles, respectively.

NOTABLE

Kentucky: The Wildcats began 6-0 before finishing 9-3 for the first time since 2018 and just the second since 1977. Wildcats coach Mark Stoops played at Iowa in the late 1980s under Hayden Fry before becoming a Hawkeyes graduate assistant.

Iowa: The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten West Division thanks to a defense that ranked 14th nationally in scoring (19.2 points per game) and 15th against the run (113.8).

— Associated Press