Kentucky’s Mark Stoops has worst ATS record in country over past five seasons

If you’re looking to make bets this college football season, it’s important to see which teams and coaches have fared well against the spread in recent seasons. And one SEC coach has done much worse than others.

In fact, much worse than other coaches across the country. According to ESPN, Kentucky’s Mark Stoops is 24-36-0 against the spread over the past five seasons. He is just worse than Kevin Sumlin, who is now at Arizona but was at Texas A&M the past five years.

The Wildcats haven’t more than seven games over the past five seasons, and they’ve gone 7-6 each of the past two years. So it’s not too surprising to see that they haven’t fared well against the spread either during that span.

Here are the coaches with the best and worst ATS records over the past five seasons, according to ESPN:

Best ATS record over past five seasons
1. Baylor’s Matt Rhule: 39-22-0 ATS
2. Iowa State’s Matt Campbell: 36-21-2 ATS
3. Wake Forest’s Dave Clawson: 37-23-1 ATS
4. Duke’s David Cutcliffe: 36-23-2 ATS
5. Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck: 30-19-0 ATS

Worst ATS record over past five seasons
1. Kentucky’s Mark Stoops: 24-36-0 ATS
2. Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin: 24-35-1 ATS
3. East Carolina’s Scottie Montgomery: 6-17-1 ATS
4. Hawaii’s Nick Rolovich: 6-17-1 ATS
5. SMU’s Sonny Dykes 19-29-0 ATS

Jake Rill

Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.