Football

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 ...

5 and Oh My: Kansas survives late scare, hangs on to beat Iowa State 14-11

Iowa State's Jace Gilbert missed a 37-yard field goal attempt with 32 seconds remaining, allowing Kansas to hang on and win 14-11 to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2009.Behind a series of defensive stops, the Jayhawks jumped out to a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter and had ...

Notebook: Kansas’ Daniel Hishaw Jr. leaves Iowa State win late with injury

Redshirt sophomore running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. was taken by ambulance to the hospital after he left Kansas' 14-11 win over Iowa State on Saturday in the fourth quarter with an apparent right leg injury.Hishaw, who ran eight times for 28 yards and a first-quarter touchdown, was fighting to ...

Week 5 preview: Kansas has chance to measure progress, growth vs. Iowa State

It was just shy of a year ago when Kansas coach Lance Leipold fully recognized the significant undertaking that lied before him.The Jayhawks had taken their lumps earlier in Leipold's first season and headed north to Iowa State hoping to demonstrate some level of progress. Instead, they found ...

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 ...