LEXINGTON, Ky. — Cats and birds are set to face off next year— on the basketball court, that is. The Kentucky Wildcats will travel to Kansas and take on the Jayhawks on Jan. 29, 2022, as part of the ninth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge.

The challenge will feature 10 games all played on the same date.

The matchup marks the 33rd all-time meeting between Kentucky and Kansas, and the ninth during the John Calipari era. While the Cats boast a 23-10 all-time record against the Jayhawks, Kansas has won four of the last five meetings, including a 65-62 win in the Champions Classic last season.

Kentucky last visited Allen Fieldhouse in 2016, where Kansas prevailed 90-84 in overtime.

All 10 of the Big 12's teams and 10 of the SEC's 14 member institutions will participate in this year's event, according to a release from the SEC. Each of the 10 teams that participate in the 2022 challenge will be a part of the 2023 event.

In 2021, the SEC won the SEC/Big 12 Challenge by winning five of the nine games played. The SEC holds a 25-24 advantage over the last five years of the event.

This will be the seventh year that a bye in the league schedule for participating teams was created to accommodate the single-day format. The first two years of the challenge were played over several days in November and December, but the last six events have been consolidated to one single day in January. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise the contests.

Start times and network designations will be announced at a later date, the SEC said, but see below for the list of matchups:

• Baylor at Alabama
• West Virginia at Arkansas
• Oklahoma at Auburn
• Oklahoma State at Florida
• Kentucky at Kansas
• LSU at TCU
• Kansas State at Ole Miss
• Mississippi State at Texas Tech
• Missouri at Iowa State
• Tennessee at Texas

Kentucky is 4-3 all-time in the challenge but missed last season's matchup slated to be against Texas inside Rupp Arena due to the pandemic.