Cincinnati vs. Kansas

Cincinnati and Kansas have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1995; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

Scheduled 2027 at Cincinnati. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Cincinnati wins
2
Kansas wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1995
Longest streak
1 Kansas
Current streak
1 Cincinnati
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s1–⁠1
2020s1–⁠1
Average margin
17 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cincinnati
1–⁠1 Cincinnati’s record at home
At Kansas
1–⁠1 Kansas’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cincinnati and Kansas, 1995 on1300150017001995200020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jalon Daniels Kansas19 of 28, 445 yards, 4 TD2025 Passing
Emmanuel Henderson Jr. Kansas5 catches, 214 yards, 2 TD2025 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 27, 2025Cincinnati 37, Kansas 34at Kansas
Nov 25, 2023Kansas 49, Cincinnati 16at Cincinnati
Sep 20, 1997Cincinnati 34, Kansas 7at Cincinnati
Sep 2, 1995Kansas 23, Cincinnati 18at Kansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.