WRITER: Matt Tait

Why Wisconsin might have just become the biggest threat to the future of Kansas football

I know there are a lot of Kansas fans out there who are tired of hearing about the Nebraska job opening and whether Lance Leipold might be a candidate there at some point. I also know that Leipold, on several occasions now, has said he and his family are happy in Lawrence and plan on being here for a long time. And while that certainly appears to be true today and might very well wind up staying that way for ...

Kansas ranked again in both major college football polls

The Kansas football team’s streak of 674 consecutive weeks of being unranked ended Sunday, when the Jayhawks jumped into both the Associated Press Top 25, at No. 19, and the USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 17. Kansas is one of 11 unbeaten teams in this week's AP Top 25. Kansas, which just missed being ranked a week ago after moving to 4-0 with a home win over Duke, left voters little choice this week by ...

ESPN's College Gameday coming to Kansas for Week 6 showdown between KU and TCU

After two weeks of clamoring for college football’s biggest pregame show to come to Lawrence, the University of Kansas finally made the cut on Saturday night. Next week, when the 5-0 Jayhawks take on 4-0 TCU at 11 a.m. Saturday, ESPN’s College Gameday will be in Lawrence to feature the Kansas football program for the first time in program history. ESPN announced the news on Twitter on Saturday night. ...

Matt Tait: KU football's close win only amplified the celebration

Talk to anyone in a Kansas uniform and they’ll tell you Saturday’s 14-11 win over Iowa State that moved the Jayhawks to 5-0 on the season was anything but comfortable. There was talk from a number of different players about stress, gray hairs, regrets and aches and pains. But as soon as Iowa State kicker Jace Gilbert’s 37-yard field goal try missed left in the final minute, none of that mattered. ...

Kansas football defense improving but still a work in progress

With the Kansas football offense putting up all kinds of eye-popping numbers that rank among the best in the country, the shortcomings of the KU defense thus far have slid under the radar a little bit. That is, unless you’re talking to the KU defensive players themselves. Even in the aftermath of last Saturday’s 35-27 win over Duke that moved Kansas to 4-0 on the season and the brink of being ranked for ...

With Iowa State as the standard, Kansas football sets sights on taking down the Cyclones this week to move to 5-0

While things have gone about as well as he could have hoped during the first four games of his second year in charge of the program, Kansas football coach Lance Leipold still remembers a time when he was a little awestruck by the challenge he was facing. That came during the 2021 season, when the Jayhawks arrived at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, for their game against the Cyclones last October. KU went on ...