Our side
MoneylineKU to win
ours 49%
Projected score
26–27
KU – OKST
2026-11-28 · kickoff TBD
Boone Pickens Stadium · Stillwater, OK
B12 game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Oklahoma State lead
41–31–3
· 75 meetings since 1923
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Kansas Jayhawks
183 ranks
Kansas Jayhawks #38 rush offense
Oklahoma State Cowboys #221 run defense
Pass game
edge Kansas Jayhawks
166 ranks
Kansas Jayhawks #78 pass offense
Oklahoma State Cowboys #244 pass defense
Run game
edge Kansas Jayhawks
135 ranks
Oklahoma State Cowboys #257 rush offense
Kansas Jayhawks #122 run defense
Pass game
even
11 ranks apart
Oklahoma State Cowboys #244 pass offense
Kansas Jayhawks #233 pass defense
Kansas Jayhawks
Balanced · 54% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 34 rush ypg
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Balanced · 51% run
Ball-control
Lance Leipold · 64-68 · offense-minded
Mike Gundy · 86-46
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
Oklahoma State Cowboys
WR
Wyatt Young
13 rec · 205 yds · 1 TD
#44 WR
RB
Caleb Hawkins
189 rush yds · 1 TD · 8 rec
#56 RB
LB
Ethan Wesloski
16 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL
#101 LB
QB
Drew Mestemaker
558 pass yds · 3 TD · 4 INT
#38 QB
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 Oklahoma State defense+1.7 pts
Oklahoma State offense vs Kansas defense-0.4 pts
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.