Kansas enters the season in the middle of the pack. That's the whole tension.
- Win total 5 — line down since open
- Kansas enters 2025 at No
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Kansas's offensive coordinator change has died down — no clear next chapter yet.
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Kansas signed a top-37 transfer-portal class — 31 additions headlined by Chase Jenkins (QB) from Rice and Roman Pearson (CB) from Ball State.
why it mattersLance Leipold's fifth season at Kansas begins with Chase Jenkins (QB) arriving as the headline addition in a top-36 portal class, following a 5-7 season that underscored the program's long-standing football struggles. ~ our read
Kansas: coordinator change reshaping a unit.
why it mattersLance Leipold's fifth season opens with a 5-7 losing record, but the coordinator change and Jalon Daniels' Heisman buzz signal a program redefining its historic football identity. ~ our read
Kansas enters 2025 rated No. 58 in SP+ (+4.1), down 8 spots from 2024.
why it mattersKansas enters 2025 at No. 58 in SP+ — the 8-spot drop from 2024 puts Leipold’s progress under the microscope after back-to-back losing records. ~ our read
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The non-obvious thing to track
The non-obvious read on this rating isn't the number — it's the schedule. A team at this level has 2-3 games where the model says they're overmatched, and those are the games that define the narrative. Watch whether the model holds through the first month of the schedule. The boards are already there — one thread raises exactly this.
~ our read
Rooms tap to switch
The 'the projection is underselling us' read — fans betting the season beats the preview number.
The 'the model has seen the tape' counter — efficiency ratings reward what a program has actually done, not hope.
This event was in 289 of 2463 board posts (12%) over the last 60 days — a fanbase consumed by it. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
Board health this week (534 posts): 16% positive · 31% neutral · 53% negative. Team-level weekly mood — not specific to this event. The boards ≠ the fanbase: a self-selected vocal slice.
The range the bull case vs the counter
“Kansas State Lands Commitment From Top In-State 2028 Prospect”
“Lance Leipold shares concern with KU football’s depth at running back - The Topeka Capital-Journal”