Our side
MoneylineWVU to win
ours 56%
Projected score
24–29
KU – WVU
2026-11-14 · kickoff TBD
Milan Puskar Stadium · Morgantown, WV
B12 game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
West Virginia lead
11–3
· 14 meetings since 1941
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
17 ranks apart
Kansas Jayhawks #38 rush offense
West Virginia Mountaineers #55 run defense
Pass game
edge Kansas Jayhawks
111 ranks
Kansas Jayhawks #78 pass offense
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass defense
Run game
edge Kansas Jayhawks
131 ranks
West Virginia Mountaineers #253 rush offense
Kansas Jayhawks #122 run defense
Pass game
even
44 ranks apart
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass offense
Kansas Jayhawks #233 pass defense
Kansas Jayhawks
Balanced · 54% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg
West Virginia Mountaineers
Run-heavy · 62% run
Ball-control
Lance Leipold · 64-68 · offense-minded
Rich Rodriguez · 39-38 · defense-minded
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Kansas Jayhawks
DL
Leroy Harris III
8 tkl · 4.0 TFL
#49 DL
WR
Nik McMillan
8 rec · 182 yds · 2 TD
#72 WR
DL
David Santiago
9 tkl · 2.5 TFL
#232 DL
QB
Isaiah Marshall
414 pass yds · 4 TD · 2 INT
#64 QB
West Virginia Mountaineers
RB
Cam Cook
194 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec
#38 RB
QB
Michael Hawkins Jr.
287 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT
#21 QB
LB
Isaiah Patterson
14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#193 LB
WR
DJ Epps
5 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD
#211 WR
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Kansas offense vs West Virginia defense+3.5 pts
West Virginia offense vs Kansas defense+4.1 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 818 mi
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.