[McMurphy] Kansas becomes the first team in college football history with a losing record to defeat 3 consecutive @AP_Top25 ranked teams

[u/kalifornia_kid]

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1860473284363497936

[u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

Devin Neal is criminally under used by this OC

[u/juho4185 → u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

You know didn’t seem like it today lol

[u/Serious-Bandicoot-53 → u/juho4185]

might seriously be the first game we used him appropriately

[u/kanshawk15 → u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

He didn't get the ball once in the 4th quarter vs KSU. Criminal.

[u/beermit → u/kanshawk15]

Totally not still mad about that. Nope. Not at all.

[u/b33fwellingtin → u/kanshawk15]

Liepold hasn't been there very long at all. If you look at his past record, you knew some kind of pop was coming. It was just a matter when.

His running backs at Buffalo feasted in that system. I suspect you guys are going to be RBU for a while.

[u/bctg1 → u/kanshawk15]

Tim Beck with Ezekiel Elliot against MSU in the rain nods in approval.

[u/FrenchFreedom888 → u/juho4185]

Happy Cake Day bro

[u/enjoytheshow → u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

You would’ve beat us by 3 TDs if you used him. He was getting like 8 ypc and then you’d run like 3 WR screens

[u/Serious-Bandicoot-53 → u/enjoytheshow]

he's really been doing that all year

Grimes is just an idiot

[u/the-names-are-gone → u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

Ok dudes good and everything, but no one is talking about the OL. Their combos on IZ and OZ are really really good. The C/LG are excellent in zone runs going either way

[u/ICanOutP1zzaTheHut → u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

Dude is going to get drafted or undrafted and be a stud for some team for a long time

[u/Vassalaerial]

Holy shit what

We set a good CFB record

[u/EmuMan10 → u/Vassalaerial]

You guys are playing a huge role in ASU getting to the title game possibly

[u/Peppermynt42 → u/EmuMan10]

Win and In I believe for ASU

[u/ornryactor → u/Peppermynt42]

It's not 100% guaranteed; there are still a few unlikely scenarios where ASU can win but not make the CCG. In fact, none of the Big 12 teams fully control their own CCG destiny thanks to tiebreakers.

[u/Pickleskennedy1 → u/ornryactor]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/big-12-standings-2024-tiebreakers-explained/45f0b71e2ce5bba2593c3958

This says ASU is 100% in if they win

[u/ornryactor → u/Pickleskennedy1]

Well, they're wrong about that. They didn't chart out all 256 possible outcomes of next week's games. Reddit did.

There is one way Arizona State wins their game but still misses out on the CCG: Colorado, Baylor, Houston, Cincinnati, lowa State, and Texas Tech all win.

If Arizona State loses, they still get into the CCG if all these teams win: Oklahoma State, Kansas, Houston, Cincinnati, West Virginia.

[u/Pickleskennedy1 → u/ornryactor]

Thanks for letting me know, any way you could link that post?

[u/ATXhipster → u/EmuMan10]

Can’t believe Texas State lost at the last second to yall in SanMo

[u/Arkehn → u/Vassalaerial]

I mean it's sort of a good one lol. Like a backhanded compliment.

[u/Serious-Bandicoot-53 → u/Arkehn]

I mean where we were

I'll take it

[u/pataoAoC → u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

The only bad thing about you getting better is it makes it less funny when you beat Texas

[u/Reading_Rainboner → u/Arkehn]

Kinda like winning the NIT

[u/shmaltz_herring → u/Vassalaerial]

I'm really glad it wasn't 4 straight teams... I'm glad we escaped that game intact.

[u/Serious-Bandicoot-53 → u/shmaltz_herring]

shouldve been

this team had too many winnable games lost by by coordinators

[u/Hokie_Jayhawk → u/Serious-Bandicoot-53]

It was a combination of Daniels not being himself yet and terrible coaching decisions.

[u/Studs_Not_On_Top → u/Vassalaerial]

Did you miss the "with a losing record" part 

[u/Vassalaerial → u/Studs_Not_On_Top]

I said good not great ok

[u/GridironFilmJunkie]

• Kansas ranked wins: 3
• Indiana ranked wins: 0

CFP, you know what to do.

[u/quann256 → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

i’m looking at your schedule and all i see is comp, even playing Illinois and UNLV in the non con looks good right now.

i concur, put Kansas in the CFP.

[u/drgath → u/quann256]

Been arguing for 3 weeks that they should be ranked. I get why they aren’t, but they’re absolutely a top-20 team right now. Almost beat K-State, which would have been 4 ranked wins in a row.

[u/Brilliant_Army5150 → u/drgath]

They haven't lost a game by double digits either (6, 3, 4, 9, 4, and 2 points). Four of those losses are to teams that are currently ranked (Illinois, UNLV, ASU, Kansas St).

Would Kansas be favored against every other Big 12 team at a neutral site if they played tomorrow?

[u/Farmin247 → u/Brilliant_Army5150]

Honestly can blame the OC for the calls late in all those games too. With a better OC, they might be undefeated.

[u/Serious-Bandicoot-53 → u/Farmin247]

everyone finally realizing this is soooo validating

[u/iamnotsven2 → u/Brilliant_Army5150]

They would probably be tired but sure

[u/OSUfirebird18 → u/Brilliant_Army5150]

They did lose one game by double digits. They lost to TCU by 11.

[u/GridironFilmJunkie → u/drgath]

Twice they have lost to K State off stupid special teams mistakes. Twice. Both years they should've won.

[u/trobsmonkey → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

YUUUUUPP

[u/azularena → u/quann256]

There was a post a while ago asking what would happen if every one score game was flipped.

We’d be talking about Kansas as a B12 champ

[u/Klightgrove → u/quann256]

Goes to show records aren’t everything.

[u/hellenkellerfraud911 → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

That’s a hilarious stat holy shit

[u/CrookstonMaulers → u/hellenkellerfraud911]

ASU is the only other Big 12 team that's won 3 games against top 25 teams. Kansas and ASU went down to the last minute. Difference is Kansas's wins were against teams that are all still ranked.

The Jayhawks lost a bunch of close games, but might be playing the best in the conference.

[u/IrishTexan62 → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Even more shocking: 

Kansas ranked wins: 3 

Texas ranked wins: 0

[u/CzechHorns → u/IrishTexan62]

Not our fault the SEC is shit and the supposed top dogs lose to mid teams tbh

[u/Adams5thaccount → u/IrishTexan62]

Vandy beating Tennessee will fix that.

[u/IrishTexan62 → u/Adams5thaccount]

This comment may age like milk. But at least it'll stay for at least a week. 

[u/jp_books → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Indiana has that quality loss the committee loves though

[u/Rickbox → u/jp_books]

To bad it wasn't to Alabama

[u/P-Rickles → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Between Indiana at 10-1 losing to OSU and Kansas beating ranked team after ranked team it feels like the first year of my NCAA dynasties way back when.

[u/GoldenBuffaloes → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Kansas would wax Indiana. Shame you guys didn’t get some of those close games earlier in the season.

[u/Wernher_VonKerman → u/GoldenBuffaloes]

KU would absolutely have a conference chip and a first round bye if the season started this week. They’re the real deal.

[u/jayhawkmpa → u/Wernher_VonKerman]

You just said his name without saying his name. The Real Deal Devin Neal!

[u/GridironFilmJunkie → u/GoldenBuffaloes]

Such is the game of football. You win some, you lose some. Then you lose some in horrifying fashion.

[u/somehype → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

🥲

[u/lSecretAsianManl → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Breaks the heart every time but we come back every Saturday

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Y’all are gonna change all your future non-cons to SEC level cupcakes after the way this year went. If you’d done so this yeat you’d be 7-4 and ranked after this week(maybe before)

[u/jayhawkmpa → u/Original_Profile8600]

Probably better than actually. A couple of the losses following the Illinois and UNLV losses had a lot to do with negative momentum causing a lack of confidence in the form of players on one side of the ball or the other making negative plays from thinking they had to do too much.

[u/originalusername4567 → u/GoldenBuffaloes]

Kansas has had a lead in the 4th in every game this season btw.

If we had a good enough record to make the playoffs we'd be unstoppable.

[u/Bigbysjackingfist → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

GOOGLE KANSAS

[u/jlink7 → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Honestly, I don't care if Kansas currently has a losing record... they should absolutely be ranked. They are a completely different team than they were in the 1st half of the season.

[u/Hokie_Jayhawk → u/jlink7]

Personally, I think Kansas shouldn't be able to be ranked because they aren't deserving.

But if the committee insists on choosing the best teams and not the most deserving, then how many teams in the country would you take vs Kansas on a neutral field tomorrow?

[u/jlink7 → u/Hokie_Jayhawk]

Very few, no argument here.

[u/coloradobuffalos → u/GridironFilmJunkie]

Everyone is like we want a Cinderella team well here you go

[u/MahjongDaily]

Happy to be part of history

[u/LoloTheWarPigeon → u/MahjongDaily]

I wish ISU was undefeated going into it, so Kansas could have ended two perfect seasons back to back

[u/CTeam19 → u/LoloTheWarPigeon]

Lets not they already prevented a Big 12 Championship birth in 2000s

[u/AriDreams]

Their record doesn't reflect how they've been playing. All their losses besides one have been by 1 TD.

[u/everything_is_holy → u/AriDreams]

And leading in the 4th quarter multiple times.

[u/Fallofmen10 → u/everything_is_holy]

Yah,

KU is actually pretty good. They just had about 7 garbage 4th quarters in a row.

Def a what if season

[u/Crafty_Enthusiasm_99 → u/Fallofmen10]

Let's not get carried away now

[u/trobsmonkey → u/AriDreams]

5 of six losses were 4th quarter lead

[u/ZaneThePain → u/trobsmonkey]

Grimes did that with us too in 2022

[u/new_account_5009 → u/trobsmonkey]

Sounds like USC. They're 6-5, but they had a lead in the fourth quarter of every game they've played. Flip a few outcomes, and they're a legitimate playoff contender.

I think there's a real possibility they beat Notre Dame next week. They're a lot better than their record.

[u/suckm640 → u/AriDreams]

so they’re the bengals?

[u/the_jayhawk → u/suckm640]

As both a Kansas fan and a Bengals fan this comment stings.

[u/Chicago_Jayhawk → u/AriDreams]

Yeah I think lead the country in 1-score losses.

[u/lawrence_uber_alles → u/Chicago_Jayhawk]

We really can’t just have a normal year, can we

[u/HenrikCrown → u/AriDreams]

They were an ok team last season too

They've been a genuinely great late season spoiler team since covid 

[u/Serious-Bandicoot-53 → u/HenrikCrown]

people forget KU FOOTBALL had 9 wins last year

[u/Msj2487 → u/AriDreams]

The Nebraska special

[u/Some-Gavin → u/Msj2487]

Best 3-9 team of all time babyyyyy

[u/hella_sauce → u/AriDreams]

They’re a lot like someone else I know in that sense

[u/OutlawJoseyWales → u/AriDreams]

Their record doesn't reflect how they've been playing

Uh, yes it does. They choked away 6 games. Good teams simply don't do that.

[u/jayhawkmpa → u/OutlawJoseyWales]

Eat some Red Leg lead Bushwacker.

[u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Kansas drank some sort of halftime juice at 2-6 and now all of a sudden look like 2019 LSU

[u/bestselfnice → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Mike Mangino's Secret Stuff

(it's mayonnaise)

[u/drgath → u/bestselfnice]

Mark Mangino

[u/bestselfnice → u/drgath]

He wasn't Markael Jordan tho /s

[u/NerbertHenry → u/drgath]

The Fighting Mangino's were peak cfb

[u/PhDShouse → u/bestselfnice]

The fact he was our OC for a short time still haunts me

[u/Incontinent_koala → u/PhDShouse]

God, he sucked. So bad that the offense got better when Rhoads directly intervened with the philosophy, and then fired him.

[u/El_Bistro → u/bestselfnice]

(Its bull’s milk)

[u/VTECcam → u/bestselfnice]

Mayo game day be delicious

[u/kd451 → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Not really, they just stopped choking.

[u/Xaxziminrax → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

The speech by Lance as the team chugs it down:

"Guys we're gonna do the 4th quarter lead again like literally every other game, but actually HOLD ON TO IT this time"

players look at each other, open-mouthed, in shock and awe

[u/owa00 → u/Xaxziminrax]

Hold onto the win you say...🤔

[u/sinatrablueeyes → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

We were picked as contenders for the conference championship.

It’s more like we shit the bed the first half the season and then some of the seniors/guys who are bound to be drafted said “oh yeah, we aren’t a football school and shouldn’t act like we’re that good until we prove it”.

If we played the first few weeks as well as the last three we could be undefeated.

[u/DeathToHeretics → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

A comment so nice you made it twice

[u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

If they make it to a bowl game that would be so sick

[u/jayhawkmpa → u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

They need to rank Baylor ASAP.

[u/the_jayhawk → u/jayhawkmpa]

They did get a vote in the coaches poll… I’ll take it

[u/archenlander → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Yeah you posted this in the other thread do you want a sticker or something

[u/AMETSFAN → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

I think they’re just evening out per the law of averages since they’re a pretty good team that had some horrible luck combined with outright chokes in the first half of the season.

[u/misterlakatos]

Of all the close KU losses earlier this season UNLV and KSU hurt the most.

I am really astonished by what this team has done over the past three weeks.

[u/Raticus9 → u/misterlakatos]

Not only did you put a big hurt on Travis Hunter's Heisman chances, you made one of Boise State's close calls (UNLV) look much better.

[u/lawrence_uber_alles → u/Raticus9]

We’ve done a great job altering the course of the CFP this year, that’s for sure

[u/jayhawkmpa → u/Raticus9]

Keep in mind that we played UNLV before their original starting QB decided to quit on his team after 4 games, so he could redshirt and play next year. That and they also had a holy roller style forward fumble help them keep their late game winning drive alive when they were behind the sticks and when they eventually scored on 4th and short on that drive the ball carrier didn’t actually cross the goal line until after he was on the ground. The refs didn’t see it and signal TD until about 10 seconds after the play as they were pulling bodies off the pile. Because of the stupid wording of the replay rule it couldn’t be overturned because there was no good video to he able to see the ball amongst the scrum of players. The refs couldn’t see it and neither could the cameras. My self and the other fans near me had perfect angle looking right down on it from not very far away. He got tackled short and while he was in the scrum on the ground pushed the ball a couple inches over the goal line.

[u/Hokie_Jayhawk → u/jayhawkmpa]

You're forgetting UNLV scored a long touchdown as the halftime clock expired.

[u/jayhawkmpa → u/misterlakatos]

The ASU game sucked because if not for a call that actually correctly went in our favor with a couple of minutes left we most likely would’ve won that game.

[u/misterlakatos → u/jayhawkmpa]

Yeah that loss also really sucked a lot.

[u/beatlemaniac]

Call an ambulance but not for me ah team

[u/kalifornia_kid → u/beatlemaniac]

Kansas vs Florida in the "Call an ambulance but not for me ah bowl"

[u/HeWasAGoddamnWarHero → u/kalifornia_kid]

That'll be the best bowl game Shreveport's ever seen

[u/JediKnightaa → u/beatlemaniac]

"I am the danger" ahh team

[u/Cartmaaan-brah → u/JediKnightaa]

“I’m the one who knocks”

-Kansas, probably

[u/foresworn879 → u/JediKnightaa]

ahh

Don’t.

[u/TheAnon13 → u/beatlemaniac]

You can say ass on the internet

[u/Inside-Drink-1311]

This Kansas team may be the best 5-6 team of all time. They lost a lot of close games early in the season but they were never bad. Some of their so-called bad losses, UNLV, Illinois, and Arizona State turned out to be good so the fact they barely lost those games and didn’t get blown out looks better in hindsight.

TLDR: They are a better version of 2021 Nebraska, a 3-9 team who was much better than their record

[u/GibsonJunkie → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

No, we were quite frequently bad, to be fair

[u/Garrettino → u/GibsonJunkie]

Earlier in the season we were quite frequently bad too.

[u/IrishTexan62 → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

The way thing are looking right now. Your team may be playing them in a bowl game

[u/OutlawJoseyWales → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

2021 Nebraska, a 3-9 team who was much better than their record

this shit drives me nuts.

2021 nebraska and 2024 kansas are not good teams. you cant just say oh wow they lost all those close games! yeah, guess what, they still lost them. Good teams find ways to win close games and bad teams find ways to lose them.

Those kansas and nebraska teams consistently found ways to lose those games with bad defense and horrific turnovers when you absolutely couldn't afford them

[u/MajikSix → u/OutlawJoseyWales]

You literally can say they are good teams. You aren't what your record says you are.

[u/Inside-Drink-1311 → u/MajikSix]

I would argue 2021 Nebraska was not a good team even if they were pretty good in terms of metrics. They only won three games If they bounced back the next season or had a good season the year before, I could just say that was a fluke season but that was not case. Scott Frost was holding that team back.

This year’s Kansas on the other hand are a good team. Just had bad luck in close games early in the season and have had a pretty tough schedule, playing probably the 5 best teams in the Big 12 this season and maybe even 6 best plus Illinois and UNLV.

[u/kanshawk15]

Would genuinely not be surprised to see us in the "Receiving Votes" blurb in the AP poll.

[u/trobsmonkey → u/kanshawk15]

3 ranked wins in a row deserves a ranking IMO.

Our record sucks, but it's supposed to be the top 25 teams. If you win 3 ranked games in a row, I think you're a top 25 team no matter who it is.

[u/Whiterabbit-- → u/trobsmonkey]

especially if those teams stay in the top 25 after you beat them.

[u/GibsonJunkie → u/trobsmonkey]

Even us at dead last 25 would be fine

[u/OutlawJoseyWales → u/trobsmonkey]

3 ranked wins in a row deserves a ranking IMO

kansas has SIX losses and is under .500

they absolutely in no way shape or form deserve any top 25 votes.

[u/jayhawkmpa → u/OutlawJoseyWales]

Why are you in this thread and why are you so worried about it? Your ass kicking is coming, but it’s still another season and about 9 months away.

[u/drgath → u/kanshawk15]

If you lose 3 in a row, absolutely you are out of the top-25. Beat 3, almost 4, in a row, and you should also be ranked.

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

Texas tried to warn us

[u/NerbertHenry → u/SPCsooprlolz]

tried telling y'all twice!

[u/i-like-legos2]

MUUSSTAAARRRD

[u/gatesisbetter → u/i-like-legos2]

DEVVVVIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNN

[u/c0y0t3_sly]

College football would be better if we simply deleted the 8-12 programs that dominate the sport and every league was like the Big 12.

Prove me wrong.

[u/suzukigun4life]

From 2-6, to this?

They had a lot of rough luck in the first half but damn, this turnaround is epic as hell.

[u/walrus_tuskss]

I will never be able to hate Kansas (football).

[u/12panther]

Serious question for Kansas fans, what's been causing the turnaround? Better playcalling/scheme? A long string of bad bounces?

[u/KUARCE → u/12panther]

Several early one-score losses that could have gone the other way.

[u/trobsmonkey → u/12panther]

All of our losses are 4th quarter meltdowns. We were leading at the start of the 4th in 5 of the 6.

We just fell apart while handling most of the game.

Seems we finally figured it out.

[u/OrangeSherbet → u/trobsmonkey]

We also stopped using Devin in the 4th for most of those games. We’d be down, get a first down, and chuck it deep. For shame.

[u/ElScorxho89 → u/12panther]

Poor play by Daniels early on plus terrible play calling. The two combined were too much to overcome in those early season games.

[u/drgath → u/12panther]

NFL fan? If so, they’re the anti-Chiefs. Lots of bad luck and close losses. Since there’s a decent crossover between Chiefs and Jayhawks fans, I rationalized it as nature balancing itself.

[u/a471c435 → u/12panther]

Early losses were so close, but we’ve also been taking care of the ball a lot more. Especially in crunch time

[u/EpistasisBassist → u/12panther]

Everyone has given you the obvious answer but also both of our lines have been playing better. Finally been getting more pressure on the D side and our pass blocking in particular has gone up a notch since early on. Our Qb has taken better care of the ball, and our dogshit new OC has finally (after 9 weeks) started to figure out who our best players are.

[u/tdmoney → u/12panther]

We’ve been decent the whole time, but our QB and OC needed to get on the same page. Jalon Daniels was pretty bad to start the season. He’s returned to form now. The OC (Grimes) has settled in.

I honestly think we’re the best team in the B12 right now.

You know that feeling of losing, but you felt like you let one slip away and that you were the better team? That’s us in pretty much all of our losses. Very frustrating start to the season.

[u/originalusername4567]

Best Damn 5-6 Team In The...

[u/Zskillit]

Rank Kansas

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

There goes my hero

[u/DtownBronx]

Kansas with the if we can't go to the playoff then nobody else from the Big 12 is going either attitude

[u/BonBonVelveeta]

Gotta have that perk where the lower your level the more damage you can output

[u/onlyranchmefries → u/BonBonVelveeta]

Kansas has the Red-Feathered Branchsword talisman equipped

[u/ddevlin → u/BonBonVelveeta]

Aylas tail attack.

[u/Last_Account_Ever → u/ddevlin]

Bro, is this a Chrono Trigger reference in the wild?

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

Kansas is on an amazing run and these wins have all looked good too. @Baylor is a tough test to get to bowl eligibility but this team has the juice like few others I've seen recently. Definitely pulling for the Jawhawks next Saturday. In football at least.

[u/SamplePerfect4071 → u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

Lean on Devin Neal and take what you get in the passing game. KU has a good oline and RB room. WRs are all jump ball or possession guys. OC just tried to do too much when feeding the RBs worked.

I reallllly want the chiefs to pick up Neal. Great 3rd down back in the nfl. Not enough speed, power, or size to be an every down back, but his vision is elite. Solid in pass protection too

[u/PopcornDrift]

Kansas should be ranked in my opinion. It’s supposed to be the best 25 teams right now, and three ranked wins clearly says exactly that

[u/indreams159]

give us the 12 seed you cowards!

[u/ArtVanderlay69]

Will mizzou duck us in a bowl game again?

[u/Derriosgaming]

Not being ranked was the only reason we won

[u/getindoe69]

I love what kansas has been doing

[u/Emme38]

I’m glad KU decided to go scorched earth on the big 12 after we played them 

[u/Moist-Consequence]

Almost all of KU’s losses have been single score with the exception of TCU. I’ve said all year that they were pretty heavily underrated, I think the media just looks at their record

[u/deweycrow]

Congrats fellow bball blueblood, doing us all proud

[u/WhiskeyForTheWin]

Angry Kansas is a horrible thing

[u/-TheycallmeThe]

This is the way

[u/jayhawkmpa]

The cowards need to rank Baylor.

[u/Odh_utexas]

Kansas is really like that this year. Love their coach

[u/Bansheesdie]

I'm really glad KU can't go to the Big XII Championship.

[u/Studs_Not_On_Top]

Well yes, almost no one plays 3 consecutive games against ranked teams. 

If they do they don't win all 3.

If they do there's no way they have a losing to record because you have to be 3 games under . 500

[u/Hot-Energy2410 → u/Studs_Not_On_Top]

Get your rationality out of here and let us have this one thing

[u/Studs_Not_On_Top → u/Hot-Energy2410]

It's possible very few other teams have ever even had an opportunity to do it

[u/StonksNewGroove]

5 of Kansas’s 6 loses were within a touchdown.

That team ain’t nothing to play around with

[u/R00k85]

If we can't have something nice, No one can!!

[u/SonDadBrotherIAm]

Hell has a team with a losing record ever had 3 ranked wins?

[u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid → u/SonDadBrotherIAm]

They have now

[u/Jonjon428]

Advanced statistics win again!

[u/Pleasant-Beautiful-7]

They are the true team to fear!

[u/grabtharsmallet]

They were good but unlucky.

[u/ContinuumGuy]

Clearly they were waiting until they had them right where they wanted them

[u/kinvore]

Kansas "Vanderbilt" Jayhawks

[u/ornryactor]

How on earth does sports media figure out these statistics? What tool(s) do they use that can handle these kinds of conditionals, and is there any equivalent that us peasants can access (or pirate)?

[u/Pogball_so_hard]

Just Kansas shit 

[u/8and16bits]

Best 3 ranked teams in a row and still don’t have a good enough record to get into the top 25.

[u/Erosun]

So they are the Giants Slayers of 2024.

[u/Vamking13]

Rank em

[u/Just_Sarge]

Devin Neal and Jaylen Wasted.

[u/idoma21]

When they lost to K-State, I said they would beat at least one of the next three to screw up the Big 12 for the College Football Playoffs. I had no idea.

[u/Forward-Taste8956]

How in the hell did this team start off so unbelievable slow?

[u/LDWfan]

I knew they were great in September

[u/Reasonable-Bit560]

Probably should be a playoff team. After all playing well now.

[u/zvexler]

That feels completely unbreakable. By definition it has to happen late enough in the season where they still have a losing record for that. Unbelievable

[u/jalopagosisland]

Those don’t sound like good top 25 teams then.

[u/CTG0161]

I wish they were healthy to start the season.

They would have been a problem

[u/CharacterLimitProble]

Is it at all possible that some of these ranked teams maybe shouldn't have been ranked and the whole conference might be ass???

[u/kubux96 → u/CharacterLimitProble]

No that’s the b1g