Kansas

3–5 · 1–4 Big 12 · Lance Leipold, 6th season

Lost to TCU 22–16, Oct 31 · Next: vs UCF, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis

Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters

Against the closing line

Kansas hasn’t beaten the line in any of its last 4, 2.5 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 1.4 a game over, 58th of 136.

last 4

−2.5

before

+5.4

020

Oct 10, 2026 @ Utah −1.5
Oct 17, 2026 @ Kansas State −8.0
Oct 24, 2026 vs Baylor −0.5
Oct 31, 2026 @ TCU 0.0

every game, with the line

Lately

Lost 7 of its last 10count
- Nov 22, 2025 @ Iowa State −24
- Nov 28, 2025 vs Utah −10
- L Sep 4 vs Long Island University +45
- Sep 11 vs Missouri −17
- Sep 19 vs Arizona State −7
- Oct 3 vs Middle Tennessee +55
- Oct 10 @ Utah −17
- Oct 17 @ Kansas State −11
- Oct 24 vs Baylor +1
- Oct 31 @ TCU −6
Failed to cover 6 of its last 10count
- Nov 22, 2025 @ Iowa State −20.5
- Nov 28, 2025 vs Utah 0
- L Sep 4 vs Long Island University +2
- Sep 11 vs Missouri −13
- Sep 19 vs Arizona State −1.5
- Oct 3 vs Middle Tennessee +34
- Oct 10 @ Utah −1.5
- Oct 17 @ Kansas State −8
- Oct 24 vs Baylor −0.5
- Oct 31 @ TCU 0
Won 6 of its last 10 at homecount
- W Aug 29, 2025 vs Wagner +39
- Sep 20, 2025 vs West Virginia +31
- Sep 27, 2025 vs Cincinnati −3
- Oct 25, 2025 vs Kansas State −25
- Nov 1, 2025 vs Oklahoma State +17
- Nov 28, 2025 vs Utah −10
- L Sep 4 vs Long Island University +45
- Sep 11 vs Missouri −17
- Oct 3 vs Middle Tennessee +55
- Oct 24 vs Baylor +1

every kind

Against expected,

Against expected, this season, a game
a game	offense	defense
Points	+2.6 · 49th	−0.9 · 61st
Total yards	+66 · 17th	−24 · 47th
Touchdowns	0.0 · 63rd	−0.3 · 56th
Passing efficiency	−9.6 · 88th	−13.6 · 29th
3rd downs	−4.6% · 101st	−4.5% · 34th
Turnovers	+0.5 · 121st	−0.2 · 95th
Sacks	−0.5 · 43rd	−0.6 · 107th
Penalty yards	+4.5 · 87th

Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.

every stat, every team

Seasons

2026 3–5
2025 5–7
2024 5–7
2023 9–4
2022 6–7
2021 2–10
2020 0–9
2019 3–9
2018 3–9
2017 1–11
2016 2–10
2015 0–12
2014 3–9
2013 3–9
2012 1–11
2011 2–10
2010 3–9
2009 5–7
2008 8–5
2007 12–1
2006 6–6
2005 7–5
2004 4–7
2003 6–7
2002 2–10
2001 3–8
2000 4–7
1999 5–7
1998 4–7
1997 5–6
1996 4–7
1995 10–2
1994 6–5
1993 5–7
1992 8–4
1991 6–5
1990 3–7–1
1989 4–7
1988 1–10
1987 1–9–1
1986 3–8
1985 6–6
1984 5–6
1983 4–6–1
1982 2–7–2
1981 8–4
1980 4–5–2
1979 3–8
1978 1–10
1977 3–7–1
1976 6–5
1975 7–5
1974 4–7
1973 7–4–1
1972 4–7
1971 4–7
1970 5–6
1969 1–9
1968 9–2
1967 5–5
1966 2–7–1
1965 2–8
1964 6–4
1963 5–5
1962 6–3–1
1961 7–3–1
1960 7–2–1
1959 5–5
1958 4–5–1
1957 5–4–1
1956 3–6–1
1955 3–6–1
1954 0–10
1953 2–8
1952 7–3
1951 8–2
1950 6–4
1949 5–5
1948 7–3
1947 8–1–2
1946 7–2–1
1945 4–5–1
1944 3–6–1
1943 4–5–1
1942 2–8
1941 3–6
1940 2–7
1939 2–6
1938 3–6
1937 3–4–2
1936 1–6–1
1935 4–4–1
1934 3–4–3
1933 5–4–1
1932 5–3
1931 5–5
1930 6–2
1929 4–4
1928 2–4–2
1927 3–4–1
1926 2–6
1925 2–5–1
1924 2–5–1
1923 5–0–3
1922 3–4–1
1921 4–3
1920 5–2–1
1919 3–2–3
1918 2–2
1917 6–2
1916 4–3–1
1915 6–2
1914 5–2–1
1913 5–3
1912 4–4
1911 4–2–2
1910 6–1–1
1909 8–1
1908 9–0
1907 5–3
1906 7–2–2
1905 10–1
1904 8–1–1
1903 6–3
1902 6–4
1901 3–5–2

Method

Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.