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Kentucky to swap Akron for Southern Miss in 2024 football schedule

The Kentucky Wildcats schedule for the 2024-25 football season is taking one small tweak.

According to a report by Brett McMurphy of The Action Network, Kentucky and Ohio State will swap non-conference opponents for next season, which will set up matchups against Southern Miss for UK and Akron for OSU.

The games will be played on Aug. 31st.

Ohio State & Kentucky swap non-conference opponents in 2024. Ohio State will now host Akron & Kentucky will host Southern Miss. Both games will be played on Aug. 31

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 21, 2023

The matchup with the Zips was supposed to be played in Akron, but it has long been assumed Kentucky would buy out that part of the contract.