BYU at Kansas: Do Streaks Matter More Than Kansas's Quarterback Change?

BYU travels to Lawrence for a week 12 game with no meeting between these teams in the last 400 days, so there is no recent head-to-head to work from. The picture rests on two things: how settled each offense is at quarterback, and how much weight the streaks deserve when most of them were built in different venues.

Kansas has the less settled quarterback situation. Isaiah Marshall is the starter after 32 pass attempts against the UCF Knights on 2026-11-07, and he led the team in attempts in 2 of its last 3 games. Cole Ballard led the Jayhawks with 35 attempts against the TCU Horned Frogs a week earlier, so Kansas changed passers between its last two games. That is a short track record for Marshall. BYU's Bear Bachmeier, by contrast, led his team in attempts in 3 of its last 3 games, including 35 against the Utah Utes.

The streaks look dramatic but mostly do not transfer. BYU's 11 straight wins at home and 9 straight as a home favourite were built at home, and this is a road game for the Cougars. Kansas's 7 straight losses as an away underdog and 6 straight on the road likewise describe a situation it is not in on Saturday. The runs that do carry over are against the spread: Kansas has failed to cover four straight games overall, and BYU has failed to cover three straight. Those describe recent results rather than predict anything, and they apply to both sides, so they do little to separate the teams.

Skill-position usage shows different offensive shapes. Kansas's ground game runs through Dylan Edwards, who has 63 carries over the last 3 games, with Chase Belcher next at 14. BYU's Sione Moa has 31 carries over the same span, with LJ Martin at 7. In the passing game, Cam Pickett has 19 receptions over three games for Kansas, well ahead of Nahzae Cox with 9. BYU's catches are spread more evenly: Legend Glasker has 15 receptions, Kyler Kasper 13 and tight end Walker Lyons 13.

Conditions look manageable: the forecast is 55°F with an 11 mph SSW wind and partially cloudy skies, a mild setup for both rushing and passing. Neither team has an injury reported, so no absence is reshaping the matchup.

Overall, the evidence is thin and mostly descriptive. Kansas's quarterback change and its heavy reliance on Edwards are the most concrete items, while BYU arrives with a more stable passer and a more distributed receiving group. The streaks that would normally dominate the conversation belong to other venues, and the one set that applies, recent failures to cover, hits both teams. Nothing here clearly separates the two sides.