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Kansas

University of Kansas · 2026 · Big 12

Efficiency
-2.9
77th FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
15th
proj. of 16
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Kansas is 1-1 and ranked 77th in overall efficiency. Their 72nd-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 104th-ranked defense. They run the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 37th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 25th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+3 left
Q2
0-1
+3 left
Q3
0-0
+3 left
Q4
1-0
+1 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.3 wins
Strength of Record
94th
-0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
59th
full season
36th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
37th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.3 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs Long Island UniversityNECW 516+42.7100%-1.3Q4
2vs MissouriSEC#21L 2138-13.50%-9.4Q2
3vs Arizona StateBig 12#47Preview-8.830%Q2
5vs Middle TennesseeConference USA#111Preview+10.373%Q4
6@ UtahBig 12#10Preview-24.48%Q1
7@ Kansas StateBig 12#11Preview-24.08%Q1
8vs BaylorBig 12#36Preview-7.932%Q2
9@ TCUBig 12#59Preview-9.429%Q2
10vs UCFBig 12#51Preview-5.936%Q3
11@ West VirginiaBig 12#68Preview-3.841%Q3
12vs BYUBig 12#19Preview-14.619%Q1
13@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#88Preview-0.649%Q3

2 played · 1-1. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Kansas, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-8.5-4.2+0.2-1-9Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 25th
SR 20thYPP 19thEPA 34th
RushingEff 37th
SR 41stYPP 53rdEPA 35th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 95th
SR 49thYPP 86thEPA 119th
Rush defenseEff 15th
SR 6thYPP 22ndEPA 23rd
Dropback rate 48%Tempo -1.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 2nd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 27%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 30%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 37%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 7.0Q1 · Allowed: 0.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 31.0Q2 · Allowed: 14.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 14.0Q3 · Allowed: 14.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 14.0Q4 · Allowed: 16.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Kansas Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 72nd
-0.7
Field position: -1.1Finishing drives: +0.5
Field position -1.1Finishing drives +0.5= -0.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 104th · Finishing 67th

Defensive EffRanked 104th
-4.4
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: -4.1
Field position -0.2Finishing drives -4.1= -4.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 80th · Finishing 103rd

2.95 points per drive on offense, 1.76 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(34)44% / 56%44%6.4
Q2(39)44% / 56%49%8.5
Q3(38)32% / 68%58%5.4
Q4(29)55% / 45%31%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(20)10.045%8.3
2nd(18)9.250%11.9
3rd(20)10.945%6.9
4th(2)10.50%-2.0
All (60)45%8.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(41)9.949%4.9
2nd(25)8.644%5.9
3rd(9)5.622%3.7
4th(5)1.0100%3.2
All (80)48%4.9

Kansas, all games.