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A ranking and a Heisman candidate. How is UK handling the hype heading into USC game?

Kentucky has a perfect record, a national ranking and a darkhorse Heisman Trophy candidate. Yet quickly after the spread was revealed for the Wildcats’ upcoming game with South Carolina, UK was listed by the Vegas oddsmakers as a 2-point underdog.

Not that it bothered Mark Stoops all that much.

“I don’t care,” the Kentucky coach said Tuesday during a news conference in Lexington. “I think we were two-touchdown dogs last week, weren’t we? So I don’t know. We’re just going to go about our business and do the best we can.”

The No. 17 Wildcats (4-0, 2-0 SEC) have since moved to 1-point favorites for their 7:30 p.