One week into the 2026 college football season, Kansas is already set to face what could be the best team it sees all year. And, by the way, it’s the Jayhawks’ hated rival, which will be making its first trip to Lawrence since 2005. “It’s a great deal of challenge for our team,” ...

Kansas middle linebacker Trey Lathan has been known to make offensive players pay when he meets them in the hole. From now on, he will be the one paying. Lathan announced last Friday, shortly before KU kicked off its season against Long Island, that he will donate both $50 to Nicklaus ...

LAWRENCE — Kansas coach Lance Leipold saw enough of Missouri playing on television the night before his Jayhawks opened their own season with a romp over lower-level Long Island University that he could confidently deliver an obvious message to his team afterward. "We know," Leipold said, ...

It’s not clear yet whether either of Kansas’ players who wear No. 7 will be able to take the field on Friday night against Missouri. The statuses of linebacker Bam Crouch and wide receiver Cam Pickett, both key starters for the Jayhawks who are battling injuries, remain in doubt after head ...

After both teams cruised without incident in season openers against FCS foes, Kansas and Missouri are about to see the degree of difficulty ratchet up significantly when they meet for the Border War at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Friday at 7 p.m. Despite some familiar names on both ...

The Kansas football team managed to squeeze 86 players into its season-opening blowout win over Long Island on Friday night, head coach Lance Leipold said, with many of them cameoing in the second half once the score was already well out of hand. That provided quick introductions to many of ...