2021 Kansas

• Biggest winBeat South Dakota 17–⁠14Sep 3

  By 3 points, its widest win.

• Most excitingBeat Texas 57–⁠56Nov 13

  The win probability swung the most, by CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 3	vsSouth Dakota	W 17–⁠14		66%
Sep 10	at17Coastal Carolina	L 22–⁠49		15%
Sep 18	vsBaylor	L 7–⁠45		36%
Sep 25	atDuke	L 33–⁠52		25%
Oct 2	atIowa State	L 7–⁠59		12%
Oct 16	vsTexas Tech	L 14–⁠41		33%
Oct 23	vs3Oklahoma	L 23–⁠35		9%
Oct 30	at15Oklahoma State	L 3–⁠55		8%
Nov 6	vsKansas State	L 10–⁠35		23%
Nov 13	atTexas	W 57–⁠56		11%
Nov 20	atTCU	L 28–⁠31		17%
Nov 27	vsWest Virginia	L 28–⁠34		24%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

• Offense117th of 130
• Defense130th of 130
• Offense, opponent-adjusted114th of 130
• Defense, opponent-adjusted132nd of 130

CORE rating -25.0, 125th of 130 (offense -4.9, defense 20.1).

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. CORE is CollegeFootballData.com’s context- and opponent-adjusted rating (points better than an average team; lower is better on defense). From CollegeFootballData.com.

122 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2021 line; 60 have a stat line. See the roster

From Wikipedia’s 2021 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Oklahoma State	8–⁠1	12–⁠2	7
Baylor	7–⁠2	12–⁠2	5
Oklahoma	7–⁠2	11–⁠2	10
Iowa State	5–⁠4	7–⁠6
Kansas State	4–⁠5	8–⁠5
West Virginia	4–⁠5	6–⁠7
Texas Tech	3–⁠6	7–⁠6
Texas	3–⁠6	5–⁠7
TCU	3–⁠6	5–⁠7
Kansas	1–⁠8	2–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.