Once a Top 25 team on the rise, Kansas finds itself in desperation mode

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — This was supposed to be the breakthrough year at Kansas, when a program Lance Leipold built from nationwide laughingstock to respectability took another step into the upper echelon of the Big 12 and, just maybe, the College Football Playoff.

All of which could still happen. But it would take a dramatic turn of events.

After starting the season in the AP Top 25, the Jayhawks have lost back-to-back games to fall out altogether. The latest was Saturday night, a 23-20 loss to UNLV in which Kansas dragged itself down with nine penalties, a defensive collapse that led to a touc...

 

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