Game Primer: How to Watch, Things to Know for Kansas at Texas

Everything you need to get ready as the Jayhawks take on the Longhorns in a ranked matchup.

The Kansas Jayhawks fell a little flat last week in their attempt to make their case against one of the worst teams in the country. A late start combined with some weird turnover luck led to a much-closer-than-expected win over Nevada. But Kansas has an opportunity to make a statement today in their conference opener against the BYU Cougars.

Kansas entered the polls this week for the first time this year at #24, while Texas has been ranked all season long and currently sit at #3 in the AP Poll and #5 in the Coaches Poll. 

These two teams have never faced each other when they have both been ranked. Kansas is 0-6 all time against a ranked Texas team. There have been 21 total games in the series, with Kansas just 4-17, including a 1-9 record in Austin.

Here are the essentials:

How to Watch

Saturday, September 30th, 2:30 p.m. CST

Austin, TX: DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (100,119)

TV: ABC

- Sean McDonough (Play-by-Play), Greg McElroy (Analyst), Molly McGrath (Sideline)

Radio: Jayhawk Radio Network

- Brian Hanni (Play-by-Play), David Lawrence (Analyst), Brandon McAnderson (Sideline)

SIRIUS: Channel 111 or 200, 382 (SXM App)

Live Stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)

The Numbers

#24 Kansas: 4-0

#3 Texas: 4-0

Line: TEX -15.5

O/U: 61.0

Game Coverage

Wednesday Walkthrough

Depth Chart Analysis

Three keys against Texas

Texas Preview

Game Predictions from the Blue Wings Rising staff

Listen to our preview episode of the Rock Chalk Podcast with Kyle Carpenter of the Longhorn Republic Podcast.

Follow along during the game with live updates and analysis in our Live Blog.

Come join the conversation in the Blue Wings Rising Discord Server.

Fun Facts

The Jayhawks have 35 tackles for loss, which is 8th nationally and 2nd in the Big 12 (behind Kansas State). The Longhorns are tied for 29th with 27 tackles for loss.

Kansas is looking for their first victory over an AP Top 5 team since January 3rd, 2008 when they defeated #5 Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl.

The Jayhawks are one of only seven teams nationally that are ranked in the Top 25 of both total offense and total defense. No other Big 12 team is in that group.