Our side
MoneylineBYU to win
ours 20%
Projected score
34–16
BYU – KU
2026-11-21 · kickoff TBD
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium · Lawrence, KS
B12 game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Kansas lead
3–0
· 3 meetings since 1992
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge BYU Cougars
79 ranks
BYU Cougars #43 rush offense
Kansas Jayhawks #122 run defense
Pass game
edge BYU Cougars
134 ranks
BYU Cougars #99 pass offense
Kansas Jayhawks #233 pass defense
Run game
even
25 ranks apart
Kansas Jayhawks #38 rush offense
BYU Cougars #63 run defense
Pass game
even
19 ranks apart
Kansas Jayhawks #78 pass offense
BYU Cougars #59 pass defense
BYU Cougars
Balanced · 57% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 41 rush ypg
Kansas Jayhawks
Balanced · 54% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg
Kalani Sitake · 84-45
Lance Leipold · 64-68 · offense-minded
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
BYU Cougars
QB
Bear Bachmeier
415 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT
#12 QB
DL
Tausili Akana
4 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#171 DL
WR
Legend Glasker
6 rec · 139 yds · 2 TD
#113 WR
WR
Kyler Kasper
8 rec · 93 yds · 2 TD
#116 WR
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
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
BYU offense vs Kansas defense+12.0 pts
Kansas offense vs BYU defense-3.6 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 877 mi
Altitude · context only1,140 m lower than the visitor's home elevation
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.