When the schedule was released the positives that were clear were no back-to-back road games and the way the bye weeks broke the season up.
A lot of things on this schedule seem to be in KU’s favor going into this year but who knows if it’ll mean anything in the end.
- KU plays 5 out of the bottom 6 teams in Big 12 titles odds (who all have win totals of 5.5 or less), which gives us a favorable draw.
- The only two teams KU plays coming off a bye are @ASU and Houston. @WVU is the only game where KU plays a team with a bye the following week.
- The teams KU plays coming off a road game are @WVU, TCU, @KSU, @BYU and @Baylor.
- Both @KSU and @Baylor are against teams coming off back-to-back road games.
- Games @WVU, TCU and @BYU come after those teams play in a rivalry game.
- I expect Utah to be a pretty physical team in the Big 12 this year and luckily KU won’t have to play them until Arlington. KU does get to play @BYU and Colorado the week after they square off with Utah.
- Then looking at arguably the most important game on our schedule this year, @KSU comes in an interesting part of their schedule. KSU has 4 games in between their two byes weeks and KU is the one home game during that stretch. They play @Colorado and @WVU before they host KU, which is their only home game in the month of October. They travel to Houston the following week.
A lot of things on this schedule seem to be in KU’s favor going into this year but who knows if it’ll mean anything in the end.
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