2014–2026 performance history

Kansas over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Big 12Head coach: Lance LeipoldView Kansas games →
Offense · 2026 estimate70.3/100

65.7 average through 2 games

71.4 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate46.5/100

68.8 average through 2 games

40.8 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Kansas individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.WeisCharlie Weis, 2014Beaty · ’15–’18David Beaty, 2015–2018Miles · ’19–’20Les Miles, 2019–2020Leipold · ’21–’26Lance Leipold, 2021–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 2: Kansas vs. Southeast Missouri State · W 34–28; offense 24.2 percentile2014 Week 3: Kansas at Duke · L 3–41; offense 17.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Kansas vs. Central Michigan · W 24–10; offense 37.1 percentile2014 Week 5: Kansas vs. Texas · L 0–23; offense 25.6 percentile2014 Week 6: Kansas at West Virginia · L 14–33; offense 2.8 percentile2014 Week 7: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 20–27; offense 6.6 percentile2014 Week 8: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 21–34; offense 5.2 percentile2014 Week 10: Kansas at Baylor · L 14–60; offense 17.0 percentile2014 Week 11: Kansas vs. Iowa State · W 34–14; offense 38.4 percentile2014 Week 12: Kansas vs. TCU · L 30–34; offense 61.9 percentile2014 Week 13: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 7–44; offense 0.4 percentile2014 Week 14: Kansas at Kansas State · L 13–51; offense 44.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Kansas vs. South Dakota State · L 38–41; offense 24.5 percentile2015 Week 2: Kansas vs. Memphis · L 23–55; offense 22.6 percentile2015 Week 4: Kansas at Rutgers · L 14–27; offense 5.0 percentile2015 Week 5: Kansas at Iowa State · L 13–38; offense 2.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 7–66; offense 6.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 20–30; offense 4.3 percentile2015 Week 8: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 10–58; offense 3.2 percentile2015 Week 9: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 7–62; offense 5.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Kansas at Texas · L 20–59; offense 47.4 percentile2015 Week 11: Kansas at TCU · L 17–23; offense 15.4 percentile2015 Week 12: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 0–49; offense 3.6 percentile2015 Week 13: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 14–45; offense 3.0 percentile2016 Week 1: Kansas vs. Rhode Island · W 55–6; offense 52.9 percentile2016 Week 2: Kansas vs. Ohio · L 21–37; offense 37.8 percentile2016 Week 3: Kansas at Memphis · L 7–43; offense 11.8 percentile2016 Week 5: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 19–55; offense 0.8 percentile2016 Week 6: Kansas vs. TCU · L 23–24; offense 34.7 percentile2016 Week 7: Kansas at Baylor · L 7–49; offense 2.8 percentile2016 Week 8: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 20–44; offense 54.4 percentile2016 Week 9: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 3–56; offense 0.7 percentile2016 Week 10: Kansas at West Virginia · L 21–48; offense 36.1 percentile2016 Week 11: Kansas vs. Iowa State · L 24–31; offense 51.0 percentile2016 Week 12: Kansas vs. Texas · W 24–21; offense 0.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Kansas at Kansas State · L 19–34; offense 31.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Kansas vs. Southeast Missouri State · W 38–16; offense 27.5 percentile2017 Week 2: Kansas vs. Central Michigan · L 27–45; offense 63.6 percentile2017 Week 3: Kansas at Ohio · L 30–42; offense 73.9 percentile2017 Week 4: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 34–56; offense 66.4 percentile2017 Week 6: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 19–65; offense 6.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Kansas at Iowa State · L 0–45; offense 0.2 percentile2017 Week 8: Kansas at TCU · L 0–43; offense 0.2 percentile2017 Week 9: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 20–30; offense 32.3 percentile2017 Week 10: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 9–38; offense 3.2 percentile2017 Week 11: Kansas at Texas · L 27–42; offense 38.2 percentile2017 Week 12: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 3–41; offense 0.1 percentile2017 Week 13: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 17–58; offense 29.5 percentile2018 Week 1: Kansas vs. Nicholls · L 23–26; offense 0.3 percentile2018 Week 2: Kansas at Central Michigan · W 31–7; offense 29.5 percentile2018 Week 3: Kansas vs. Rutgers · W 55–14; offense 69.7 percentile2018 Week 4: Kansas at Baylor · L 7–26; offense 8.2 percentile2018 Week 5: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 28–48; offense 17.6 percentile2018 Week 6: Kansas at West Virginia · L 22–38; offense 15.4 percentile2018 Week 8: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 16–48; offense 6.9 percentile2018 Week 9: Kansas vs. TCU · W 27–26; offense 43.4 percentile2018 Week 10: Kansas vs. Iowa State · L 3–27; offense 17.3 percentile2018 Week 11: Kansas at Kansas State · L 17–21; offense 21.7 percentile2018 Week 12: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 40–55; offense 90.0 percentile2018 Week 13: Kansas vs. Texas · L 17–24; offense 28.0 percentile2019 Week 1: Kansas vs. Indiana State · W 24–17; offense 1.5 percentile2019 Week 2: Kansas vs. Coastal Carolina · L 7–12; offense 11.1 percentile2019 Week 3: Kansas at Boston College · W 48–24; offense 88.0 percentile2019 Week 4: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 24–29; offense 60.8 percentile2019 Week 5: Kansas at TCU · L 14–51; offense 1.3 percentile2019 Week 6: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 20–45; offense 21.8 percentile2019 Week 8: Kansas at Texas · L 48–50; offense 91.3 percentile2019 Week 9: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · W 37–34; offense 61.5 percentile2019 Week 10: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 10–38; offense 19.6 percentile2019 Week 12: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 13–31; offense 5.6 percentile2019 Week 13: Kansas at Iowa State · L 31–41; offense 68.9 percentile2019 Week 14: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 6–61; offense 11.8 percentile2020 Week 2: Kansas vs. Coastal Carolina · L 23–38; offense 37.9 percentile2020 Week 4: Kansas at Baylor · L 14–47; offense 24.3 percentile2020 Week 5: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 7–47; offense 2.2 percentile2020 Week 7: Kansas at West Virginia · L 17–38; offense 4.2 percentile2020 Week 8: Kansas at Kansas State · L 14–55; offense 10.9 percentile2020 Week 9: Kansas vs. Iowa State · L 22–52; offense 19.8 percentile2020 Week 10: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 9–62; offense 15.9 percentile2020 Week 13: Kansas vs. TCU · L 23–59; offense 8.3 percentile2020 Week 14: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 13–16; offense 1.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Kansas vs. South Dakota · W 17–14; offense 0.9 percentile2021 Week 2: Kansas at Coastal Carolina · L 22–49; offense 59.4 percentile2021 Week 3: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 7–45; offense 15.1 percentile2021 Week 4: Kansas at Duke · L 33–52; offense 40.2 percentile2021 Week 5: Kansas at Iowa State · L 7–59; offense 10.2 percentile2021 Week 7: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 14–41; offense 18.6 percentile2021 Week 8: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 23–35; offense 70.0 percentile2021 Week 9: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 3–55; offense 8.6 percentile2021 Week 10: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 10–35; offense 36.1 percentile2021 Week 12: Kansas at TCU · L 28–31; offense 30.4 percentile2021 Week 13: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 28–34; offense 28.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas vs. Tennessee Tech · W 56–10; offense 91.2 percentile2022 Week 3: Kansas at Houston · W 48–30; offense 88.1 percentile2022 Week 4: Kansas vs. Duke · W 35–27; offense 86.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Kansas vs. Iowa State · W 14–11; offense 48.5 percentile2022 Week 6: Kansas vs. TCU · L 31–38; offense 82.5 percentile2022 Week 8: Kansas at Baylor · L 23–35; offense 57.3 percentile2022 Week 10: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · W 37–16; offense 98.3 percentile2022 Week 11: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 28–43; offense 85.4 percentile2022 Week 12: Kansas vs. Texas · L 14–55; offense 45.5 percentile2022 Week 13: Kansas at Kansas State · L 27–47; offense 56.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas vs. Arkansas · L 53–55; offense 50.9 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas vs. Missouri State · W 48–17; offense 87.1 percentile2023 Week 2: Kansas vs. Illinois · W 34–23; offense 97.2 percentile2023 Week 3: Kansas at Nevada · W 31–24; offense 72.2 percentile2023 Week 4: Kansas vs. BYU · W 38–27; offense 82.6 percentile2023 Week 5: Kansas at Texas · L 14–40; offense 23.4 percentile2023 Week 6: Kansas vs. UCF · W 51–22; offense 99.4 percentile2023 Week 7: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 32–39; offense 84.0 percentile2023 Week 9: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · W 38–33; offense 87.5 percentile2023 Week 10: Kansas at Iowa State · W 28–21; offense 67.7 percentile2023 Week 11: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 13–16; offense 38.5 percentile2023 Week 12: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 27–31; offense 96.8 percentile2023 Week 13: Kansas at Cincinnati · W 49–16; offense 96.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas vs. UNLV · W 49–36; offense 80.7 percentile2024 Week 1: Kansas vs. Lindenwood · W 48–3; offense 83.3 percentile2024 Week 2: Kansas at Illinois · L 17–23; offense 57.3 percentile2024 Week 3: Kansas vs. UNLV · L 20–23; offense 84.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Kansas at West Virginia · L 28–32; offense 49.8 percentile2024 Week 5: Kansas vs. TCU · L 27–38; offense 74.7 percentile2024 Week 6: Kansas at Arizona State · L 31–35; offense 97.7 percentile2024 Week 8: Kansas vs. Houston · W 42–14; offense 99.7 percentile2024 Week 9: Kansas at Kansas State · L 27–29; offense 92.5 percentile2024 Week 12: Kansas at BYU · W 17–13; offense 38.7 percentile2024 Week 13: Kansas vs. Colorado · W 37–21; offense 96.4 percentile2024 Week 14: Kansas at Baylor · L 17–45; offense 76.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas vs. Fresno State · W 31–7; offense 75.8 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas vs. Wagner · W 46–7; offense 57.8 percentile2025 Week 2: Kansas at Missouri · L 31–42; offense 69.6 percentile2025 Week 4: Kansas vs. West Virginia · W 41–10; offense 69.1 percentile2025 Week 5: Kansas vs. Cincinnati · L 34–37; offense 89.8 percentile2025 Week 6: Kansas at UCF · W 27–20; offense 60.1 percentile2025 Week 7: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 17–42; offense 75.0 percentile2025 Week 9: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 17–42; offense 31.4 percentile2025 Week 10: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · W 38–21; offense 82.5 percentile2025 Week 11: Kansas at Arizona · L 20–24; offense 52.8 percentile2025 Week 13: Kansas at Iowa State · L 14–38; offense 83.0 percentile2025 Week 14: Kansas vs. Utah · L 21–31; offense 88.4 percentile2026 Week 1: Kansas vs. Long Island University · W 51–6; offense 88.6 percentile2026 Week 2: Kansas vs. Missouri · L 21–38; offense 34.5 percentile2014 offense season mean: 17.1 percentile2015 offense season mean: 8.4 percentile2016 offense season mean: 15.8 percentile2017 offense season mean: 14.3 percentile2018 offense season mean: 23.2 percentile2019 offense season mean: 29.5 percentile2020 offense season mean: 10.3 percentile2021 offense season mean: 23.7 percentile2022 offense season mean: 76.6 percentile2023 offense season mean: 84.5 percentile2024 offense season mean: 84.6 percentile2025 offense season mean: 71.4 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 70.3 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 65.7 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 2: Kansas vs. Southeast Missouri State · W 34–28; defense 26.1 percentile2014 Week 3: Kansas at Duke · L 3–41; defense 15.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Kansas vs. Central Michigan · W 24–10; defense 95.5 percentile2014 Week 5: Kansas vs. Texas · L 0–23; defense 62.7 percentile2014 Week 6: Kansas at West Virginia · L 14–33; defense 21.9 percentile2014 Week 7: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 20–27; defense 64.8 percentile2014 Week 8: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 21–34; defense 30.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Kansas at Baylor · L 14–60; defense 7.3 percentile2014 Week 11: Kansas vs. Iowa State · W 34–14; defense 42.7 percentile2014 Week 12: Kansas vs. TCU · L 30–34; defense 54.3 percentile2014 Week 13: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 7–44; defense 14.6 percentile2014 Week 14: Kansas at Kansas State · L 13–51; defense 4.1 percentile2015 Week 1: Kansas vs. South Dakota State · L 38–41; defense 0.4 percentile2015 Week 2: Kansas vs. Memphis · L 23–55; defense 6.3 percentile2015 Week 4: Kansas at Rutgers · L 14–27; defense 8.0 percentile2015 Week 5: Kansas at Iowa State · L 13–38; defense 8.3 percentile2015 Week 6: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 7–66; defense 3.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 20–30; defense 69.4 percentile2015 Week 8: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 10–58; defense 6.7 percentile2015 Week 9: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 7–62; defense 2.2 percentile2015 Week 10: Kansas at Texas · L 20–59; defense 6.5 percentile2015 Week 11: Kansas at TCU · L 17–23; defense 90.0 percentile2015 Week 12: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 0–49; defense 6.1 percentile2015 Week 13: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 14–45; defense 18.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Kansas vs. Rhode Island · W 55–6; defense 44.6 percentile2016 Week 2: Kansas vs. Ohio · L 21–37; defense 51.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Kansas at Memphis · L 7–43; defense 69.2 percentile2016 Week 5: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 19–55; defense 37.1 percentile2016 Week 6: Kansas vs. TCU · L 23–24; defense 64.3 percentile2016 Week 7: Kansas at Baylor · L 7–49; defense 27.1 percentile2016 Week 8: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 20–44; defense 31.7 percentile2016 Week 9: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 3–56; defense 33.6 percentile2016 Week 10: Kansas at West Virginia · L 21–48; defense 30.9 percentile2016 Week 11: Kansas vs. Iowa State · L 24–31; defense 41.8 percentile2016 Week 12: Kansas vs. Texas · W 24–21; defense 82.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Kansas at Kansas State · L 19–34; defense 34.8 percentile2017 Week 1: Kansas vs. Southeast Missouri State · W 38–16; defense 61.2 percentile2017 Week 2: Kansas vs. Central Michigan · L 27–45; defense 11.9 percentile2017 Week 3: Kansas at Ohio · L 30–42; defense 31.3 percentile2017 Week 4: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 34–56; defense 2.8 percentile2017 Week 6: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 19–65; defense 8.5 percentile2017 Week 7: Kansas at Iowa State · L 0–45; defense 77.9 percentile2017 Week 8: Kansas at TCU · L 0–43; defense 24.2 percentile2017 Week 9: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 20–30; defense 57.4 percentile2017 Week 10: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 9–38; defense 16.3 percentile2017 Week 11: Kansas at Texas · L 27–42; defense 48.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 3–41; defense 82.9 percentile2017 Week 13: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 17–58; defense 35.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Kansas vs. Nicholls · L 23–26; defense 21.9 percentile2018 Week 2: Kansas at Central Michigan · W 31–7; defense 58.9 percentile2018 Week 3: Kansas vs. Rutgers · W 55–14; defense 45.4 percentile2018 Week 4: Kansas at Baylor · L 7–26; defense 17.2 percentile2018 Week 5: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 28–48; defense 18.6 percentile2018 Week 6: Kansas at West Virginia · L 22–38; defense 55.5 percentile2018 Week 8: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 16–48; defense 31.8 percentile2018 Week 9: Kansas vs. TCU · W 27–26; defense 7.3 percentile2018 Week 10: Kansas vs. Iowa State · L 3–27; defense 27.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Kansas at Kansas State · L 17–21; defense 50.9 percentile2018 Week 12: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 40–55; defense 11.8 percentile2018 Week 13: Kansas vs. Texas · L 17–24; defense 71.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Kansas vs. Indiana State · W 24–17; defense 13.1 percentile2019 Week 2: Kansas vs. Coastal Carolina · L 7–12; defense 69.2 percentile2019 Week 3: Kansas at Boston College · W 48–24; defense 39.8 percentile2019 Week 4: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 24–29; defense 20.4 percentile2019 Week 5: Kansas at TCU · L 14–51; defense 4.6 percentile2019 Week 6: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 20–45; defense 22.3 percentile2019 Week 8: Kansas at Texas · L 48–50; defense 10.1 percentile2019 Week 9: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · W 37–34; defense 19.1 percentile2019 Week 10: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 10–38; defense 4.7 percentile2019 Week 12: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 13–31; defense 39.1 percentile2019 Week 13: Kansas at Iowa State · L 31–41; defense 32.6 percentile2019 Week 14: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 6–61; defense 16.8 percentile2020 Week 2: Kansas vs. Coastal Carolina · L 23–38; defense 36.5 percentile2020 Week 4: Kansas at Baylor · L 14–47; defense 9.2 percentile2020 Week 5: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · L 7–47; defense 2.8 percentile2020 Week 7: Kansas at West Virginia · L 17–38; defense 32.0 percentile2020 Week 8: Kansas at Kansas State · L 14–55; defense 34.9 percentile2020 Week 9: Kansas vs. Iowa State · L 22–52; defense 8.7 percentile2020 Week 10: Kansas at Oklahoma · L 9–62; defense 7.4 percentile2020 Week 13: Kansas vs. TCU · L 23–59; defense 10.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 13–16; defense 50.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Kansas vs. South Dakota · W 17–14; defense 24.3 percentile2021 Week 2: Kansas at Coastal Carolina · L 22–49; defense 23.2 percentile2021 Week 3: Kansas vs. Baylor · L 7–45; defense 1.1 percentile2021 Week 4: Kansas at Duke · L 33–52; defense 3.5 percentile2021 Week 5: Kansas at Iowa State · L 7–59; defense 2.2 percentile2021 Week 7: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 14–41; defense 3.8 percentile2021 Week 8: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · L 23–35; defense 8.8 percentile2021 Week 9: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 3–55; defense 4.0 percentile2021 Week 10: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 10–35; defense 0.9 percentile2021 Week 12: Kansas at TCU · L 28–31; defense 18.6 percentile2021 Week 13: Kansas vs. West Virginia · L 28–34; defense 6.5 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas vs. Tennessee Tech · W 56–10; defense 53.9 percentile2022 Week 3: Kansas at Houston · W 48–30; defense 61.8 percentile2022 Week 4: Kansas vs. Duke · W 35–27; defense 32.0 percentile2022 Week 5: Kansas vs. Iowa State · W 14–11; defense 49.5 percentile2022 Week 6: Kansas vs. TCU · L 31–38; defense 24.9 percentile2022 Week 8: Kansas at Baylor · L 23–35; defense 20.0 percentile2022 Week 10: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · W 37–16; defense 25.9 percentile2022 Week 11: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 28–43; defense 16.3 percentile2022 Week 12: Kansas vs. Texas · L 14–55; defense 6.2 percentile2022 Week 13: Kansas at Kansas State · L 27–47; defense 11.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas vs. Arkansas · L 53–55; defense 17.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas vs. Missouri State · W 48–17; defense 26.1 percentile2023 Week 2: Kansas vs. Illinois · W 34–23; defense 15.5 percentile2023 Week 3: Kansas at Nevada · W 31–24; defense 32.2 percentile2023 Week 4: Kansas vs. BYU · W 38–27; defense 25.5 percentile2023 Week 5: Kansas at Texas · L 14–40; defense 21.8 percentile2023 Week 6: Kansas vs. UCF · W 51–22; defense 36.1 percentile2023 Week 7: Kansas at Oklahoma State · L 32–39; defense 13.1 percentile2023 Week 9: Kansas vs. Oklahoma · W 38–33; defense 50.2 percentile2023 Week 10: Kansas at Iowa State · W 28–21; defense 64.5 percentile2023 Week 11: Kansas vs. Texas Tech · L 13–16; defense 80.3 percentile2023 Week 12: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 27–31; defense 20.6 percentile2023 Week 13: Kansas at Cincinnati · W 49–16; defense 43.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas vs. UNLV · W 49–36; defense 45.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Kansas vs. Lindenwood · W 48–3; defense 39.4 percentile2024 Week 2: Kansas at Illinois · L 17–23; defense 83.3 percentile2024 Week 3: Kansas vs. UNLV · L 20–23; defense 77.8 percentile2024 Week 4: Kansas at West Virginia · L 28–32; defense 25.5 percentile2024 Week 5: Kansas vs. TCU · L 27–38; defense 27.1 percentile2024 Week 6: Kansas at Arizona State · L 31–35; defense 8.8 percentile2024 Week 8: Kansas vs. Houston · W 42–14; defense 19.4 percentile2024 Week 9: Kansas at Kansas State · L 27–29; defense 46.3 percentile2024 Week 12: Kansas at BYU · W 17–13; defense 67.1 percentile2024 Week 13: Kansas vs. Colorado · W 37–21; defense 25.0 percentile2024 Week 14: Kansas at Baylor · L 17–45; defense 4.8 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas vs. Fresno State · W 31–7; defense 90.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas vs. Wagner · W 46–7; defense 66.5 percentile2025 Week 2: Kansas at Missouri · L 31–42; defense 22.1 percentile2025 Week 4: Kansas vs. West Virginia · W 41–10; defense 64.0 percentile2025 Week 5: Kansas vs. Cincinnati · L 34–37; defense 13.9 percentile2025 Week 6: Kansas at UCF · W 27–20; defense 83.0 percentile2025 Week 7: Kansas at Texas Tech · L 17–42; defense 24.5 percentile2025 Week 9: Kansas vs. Kansas State · L 17–42; defense 10.3 percentile2025 Week 10: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State · W 38–21; defense 23.2 percentile2025 Week 11: Kansas at Arizona · L 20–24; defense 52.2 percentile2025 Week 13: Kansas at Iowa State · L 14–38; defense 13.4 percentile2025 Week 14: Kansas vs. Utah · L 21–31; defense 40.9 percentile2026 Week 1: Kansas vs. Long Island University · W 51–6; defense 89.1 percentile2026 Week 2: Kansas vs. Missouri · L 21–38; defense 40.0 percentile2014 defense season mean: 34.3 percentile2015 defense season mean: 11.5 percentile2016 defense season mean: 45.9 percentile2017 defense season mean: 34.3 percentile2018 defense season mean: 32.4 percentile2019 defense season mean: 21.0 percentile2020 defense season mean: 17.3 percentile2021 defense season mean: 5.9 percentile2022 defense season mean: 26.6 percentile2023 defense season mean: 35.3 percentile2024 defense season mean: 35.8 percentile2025 defense season mean: 40.8 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 46.5 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 68.8 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2015David Beaty
2019Les Miles
2021Lance Leipold

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateLance Leipold2
70.3 estimate65.7 games-only average
46.5 estimate68.8 games-only average
2025Lance Leipold1271.440.8
2024Lance Leipold1184.635.8
2023Lance Leipold1384.535.3
2022Lance Leipold1176.626.6
2021Lance LeipoldCoaching change1123.75.9
2020Les Miles910.317.3
2019Les MilesCoaching change1229.521.0
2018David Beaty1223.232.4
2017David Beaty1214.334.3
2016David Beaty1215.845.9
2015David BeatyCoaching change128.411.5
2014Charlie Weis1217.134.3