Our side
MoneylineUTAH to win
ours 92%
Projected score
14–40
KU – UTAH
2026-10-10 · kickoff TBD
Rice-Eccles Stadium · Salt Lake City, UT
B12 game
Early season
The books
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Series
Utah lead
3–2
· 5 meetings since 1950
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Kansas Jayhawks
100 ranks
Kansas Jayhawks #38 rush offense
Utah Utes #138 run defense
Pass game
edge Utah Utes
71 ranks
Kansas Jayhawks #78 pass offense
Utah Utes #7 pass defense
Run game
edge Utah Utes
119 ranks
Utah Utes #3 rush offense
Kansas Jayhawks #122 run defense
Pass game
edge Utah Utes
193 ranks
Utah Utes #40 pass offense
Kansas Jayhawks #233 pass defense
Kansas Jayhawks
Balanced · 54% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg
Utah Utes
Balanced · 57% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 62 rush ypg
Lance Leipold · 64-68 · offense-minded
Morgan Scalley · 1-0
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Kansas Jayhawks
DL
Leroy Harris III
8 tkl · 4.0 TFL
#49 DL
WR
Nik McMillan
8 rec · 182 yds · 2 TD
#72 WR
DL
David Santiago
9 tkl · 2.5 TFL
#232 DL
QB
Isaiah Marshall
414 pass yds · 4 TD · 2 INT
#64 QB
Utah Utes
RB
Wayshawn Parker
124 rush yds · 3 TD · 8 rec
#8 RB
TE
Noah Bennee
5 rec · 148 yds · 2 TD
#8 TE
QB
Devon Dampier
437 pass yds · 5 TD · 1 INT
#9 QB
DL
Jireh Moe
8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#105 DL
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Kansas offense vs Utah defense-4.1 pts
Utah offense vs Kansas defense+16.5 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 888 mi
Altitude · context only1,136 m higher than the visitor's home elevation
Rest · context onlyHome team on 7 more days rest
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.