Aguilar throws three touchdowns to lead No. 17 Tennessee over Kentucky

LEXINGTON Ky AP Joey Aguilar threw for yards and three touchdowns DeSean Bishop ran for a pair of touchdowns and No Tennessee took advantage of two first quarter turnovers to beat Kentucky - on Saturday night Aguilar completed touchdown passes of and yards to pace the Participants - - Southeastern Conference Chris Brazzell II had yards receiving and Mike Matthews added yards receiving and a touchdown each Kentucky s Cutter Boley tried to match Aguilar throwing for yards and a school record for a freshman quarterback five touchdowns but also threw a pick-six that put the Wildcats - - in a - hole He had scoring passes of and yards D J Miller had yards receiving and two touchdowns The Takeaway Tennessee The defensive unit came into the challenge ranked last in the conference in pass defense but two turnovers led to Volunteer points Edress Farooq fielded his own batted pass and returned it yards for a touchdown The Vols could move up a couple of spots in the Top after SEC teams ranked higher Missouri and Oklahoma lost Kentucky The Wildcats scored more than two offensive touchdowns in a competition for the first time since Nov a span of games The loss was Kentucky s th straight conference loss and th straight home loss to a Power crew Up Next Tennessee Hosts No Oklahoma on Saturday Kentucky Travels to Auburn on Saturday Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college football https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-football-poll and https apnews com hub college-football Source