Fresh off a 42-21 win against freefalling Baylor in Waco, K-State returns home for the Sunflower Showdown. Its opponent is also on a winning “streak,” which is rare for KU in the last five years. As you may have heard, KU beat Texas in Lawrence last week to notch its first conference victory in more than two years.
It would be easy to make too much of KU’s win last week. This wasn’t the story of a program rapidly showing progress that finally broke through. By S&P+, KU played a 24th percentile game and needed six Longhorn turnovers and overtime to secure the victory.