Kansas Football: Way-too-early game-by-game predictions for 2021

9. Kansas State (L)

Carrying on with the topic of above average Big 12 teams, there’s Kansas State. Historically, the Hawks have a steady advantage over the Wildcats. However, modern-day quarrels between the two rivals tell a different story. KSU will continue that “young” tradition in 2021.

Record: 1-8 (0-6)

10. Texas (L)

The Longhorns may not be officially “back”, but it will certainly think it is when it decimates Kansas by four scores.

Some games are just purely mismatches, and this is one of them. Texas will most likely struggle a bit more than usual next year after prematurely firing now former head coach Tom Herman, but KU will help them realize that it’s not all bad.

Record: 1-9 (0-7)

11. TCU (L)

TCU has a football program that could rip off a strong season virtually any year, no matter how out-of-nowhere doing so may be. But regardless of whether or not 2021 is one of those years, they will still beat the Jayhawks beyond recognition.

Record: 1-10 (0-8)

12. West Virginia (L)

The Mountaineers have seen neither too much action nor relevance ever since the Will Grier days, but they are nonetheless no team to sleep on in Big 12 play.

Despite being in their current conference for a rather short amount of time, they have picked up on the traits of the charter schools rather well, most notably in regards to their potential to showcase a high-powered offense. Said offense will have a field day at Kansas in their final game of the regular season slate.

Final record: 1-11 (0-9)

Kansas seems to be cruising for a bruising in 2021, finishing with a status quo record of 1-11. And the vast majority, if not all, of their losses will be blowouts. To put it simply, this year is not the year for the eventual massive redemption of the Jayhawks.