Will Stein and Kentucky are becoming the overtime kings of college football.
For the second straight week, Stein opted to go for the two-point conversion in the first overtime to secure the victory, and for the second straight time he was successful.
This week's victim was No. 10 LSU, who blew a late lead to allow the game to go into overtime in the first place. Kenny Minchey supplied the winning play, waltzing into the end zone to set off the celebrations.
WALK IT OFF 😼 📺 - ESPN https://t.co/YdmxwUReCu
— Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) October 11, 2026
That comes on the heels of Kentucky's roaring comeback at South Carolina last week when the Wildcats erased a 17-point deficit before claiming the overtime victory.
The back-to-back one-point wins in overtime make Kentucky the first team in FBS history to accomplish that feat since the extra session was implemented in 1996.
The finish was a deserving end to what was a highly dramatic contest throughout. There were explosive plays from start to finish with a 55-yard punt-return touchdown as the first-half highlight for Kentucky and a clutch double-pass score from LSU to give the Tigers a fourth-quarter lead.
The loss is Lane Kiffin's second in his first season as LSU's head coach and drops the Tigers to 4-2. While he was the more high-profile signing in the offseason, Stein has had more of an impact on his team through the first six weeks of the season.
The former Oregon offensive coordinator now has Kentucky sitting 5-1 on the season with conference wins over Texas A&M, South Carolina, and now LSU.
