Football

Big 12 power rankings: Texas Tech now unanimous No. 1

Texas Tech was the unanimous pick for the top spot in this week’s Big 12 power rankings. The Red Raiders, who host Kansas on Saturday, received all 16 first-place votes from a panel of media members who regularly cover the Big 12. Arizona State, the defending Big 12 champion, was second ...

KU football equipment room dedicated to longtime staffer

Todd “Leaper” Williams has been ingrained in the Kansas football program for decades, to the point that KU’s current head equipment manager Darren Hain calls him “the connective tissue that links 55 years of players, coaches and staff together.” Williams’ connection deepened even ...

KU to host watch party in conference center for Texas Tech road game

For the second time this season, the Kansas athletic department is hosting a watch party at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium during a KU football road game. This time, KU is welcoming fans to its new conference center, located in the north end of the venue. The event begins in the 1921 ...

Hanika out for season following surgery

Kansas tight end DeShawn Hanika underwent surgery and will miss the rest of the season due to injury, head coach Lance Leipold said on Monday. It is the second season-ending injury in two years with the Jayhawks for Hanika, who missed all of the 2024 campaign due to an Achilles injury after ...

KU defense builds confidence with late-game stops against UCF

Orlando, Fla. — Kansas linebacker Trey Lathan had no doubt that he had stopped UCF quarterback Cam Fancher on fourth-and-goal in the late stages of KU's 27-20 victory. “For sure, yeah,” Lathan said. “I knew he was short.” The officials at the Bounce House on Saturday night weren’t ...

KU holds off UCF twice in final minutes to preserve 27-20 road victory

Orlando, Fla. — The Kansas defense started so poorly on Saturday night against UCF that it allowed the Knights to score on all of their first-half possessions, and gave up 99 early rushing yards and two touchdowns to running back Myles Montgomery. In the second half, Montgomery carried the ...

Preview: KU defense looks to get back on track with road trip to UCF

The Kansas defense was plagued by misalignments and missed assignments, as head coach Lance Leipold put it, from the beginning of the Jayhawks’ game against Cincinnati. The results were not pretty. KU conceded 603 total yards, including 388 through the air and a pair of touchdowns to the ...