Kansas Jayhawks

The Kansas Jayhawks were underdogs five times in 2025 and lost all five, covering once; nine FBS teams had a lower underdog cover rate. They lost twice more at home as short favorites, and one unit on every priced game finished 5.11 units down.

No wins getting points

Kansas went 5-7 and covered 4 of 12, with one push. As underdogs the Jayhawks were 0-5. The cover came 20-24 at Arizona with 6.5 points; the push came in a 21-31 loss to Utah as a 10-point underdog. The other three went 31-42 at Missouri, 17-42 at Texas Tech and 14-38 at Iowa State. The four priced underdog games lost all four units.

Short favorites at home

We would watch the small home lines. Kansas was favored seven times and won five, but both losses came at home at short prices: 34-37 to Cincinnati at -200, laying 4.5, and 17-42 to Kansas State at -165, laying 3.5. The favorite record against the spread was 3-4, and the six priced favorite games lost 1.11 units. The covers were 31-7 over Fresno State, 41-10 over West Virginia and 27-20 at UCF.

Road and money

Kansas won one road game in five, the UCF game. On the road one unit a game lost 3.46. Over all ten priced games the loss was 5.11 units, and every month after August finished down.

The total

Kansas games split seven unders and five overs; the Jayhawks scored 28.08 a game and allowed 26.75.

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