Kansas Jayhawks Odds & Analysis for Season

When you think of college sports, the reality is that you tend to think of football and basketball.

While there are plenty of collegiate athletes doing their thing in other sports, it’s more than fair to suggest that football and basketball are the big two.

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With that in mind, teams tend to be much better at one than the other, with very few excelling in both sports.

For example, Georgia is one of the top teams in college football, but they are not as impressive on the hard court.

On the flip side, the Kansas Jayhawks put more stock in basketball than football, but could they be on the rise on the field?

Last season suggests they might be making a move in football, but will that carry on over into the 2024 season?

Let’s take a look at the Kansas Football and their odds for the upcoming season.

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Kansas Jayhawks Regular Season, Conference, and Win Total

When a team lands a new head coach in college football, you can reasonably expect them to require 2–3 years to recruit and build the team that they want.

Lance Lepold took over the Jayhawks in 2021 after the team went 0-9 in the 2020 season. He won 2 games in year one, followed by 6 a year later.

Last season, he led Kansas to a 9-win season, including a win in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. The question now is whether they have set the bar as high as possible.

The bookies seem to think so, as they have the Jayhawks win total set at 8 ½ for the 2024 season.

The key to success for the Kansas Jayhawks this season might well be the health of QB Jalon Daniels, who has had back issues basically from day one.

He has been seen taking plenty of reps in practice, but the coaching staff in Kansas has admitted that they might well be looking at load management in order to ensure that Daniels stays healthy all season long.

He certainly has plenty of weapons to work with when he does play, as well as a great running back in Devin Neal, who will likely end his college career as the leading rusher in Jayhawks history. The O-Line needs to do all they can to protect their star QB.

Where things get a little tricky for Kansas is on the defensive side of the football.

This unit was solid in the 2023 season, but they lost 3 starters to the NFL Draft and will be hoping that the replacements can come in and effectively fill those holes.

Despite a solid season in 2023, the Jayhawks went just 5-4 in the Big 12, so they will need to improve on that in a revamped conference. For now, they are listed at odds of +970 to win the Big 12.

Kansas Regular Season Wins: Under 8.5 (-170) / Over 8.5 (+138)