Wk 5 · 2026
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Kansas Jayhawks — Sat, Oct 3
Sat, Oct 3 ·
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Lawrence
CUSA · no games yet
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Big 12 · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
MTSU form
W 31-24at NMSUW 31-17vs SHSUL 26-42at WKUL 30-56vs FIUL 21-24vs JXST
2025 season
Kansas form
L 21-31vs UTAHL 14-38at ISUL 20-24at ARIZW 38-21vs OKSTL 17-42vs KSU
2025 season
MTSU this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Kansas this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
MTSU leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Nicholas Vattiato QB #11 | 218/356, 2150 YDS, 16 TD, 7 INT |
| Roman Gagliano QB #16 | 78/135, 1011 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Rushing | Jekail Middlebrook RB #21 | 140 CAR, 752 YDS, 4 TD |
| DJ Taylor RB #29 | 26 CAR, 199 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Roman Gagliano QB #16 | 38 CAR, 160 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Cam'ron Lacy WR #3 | 38 REC, 549 YDS, 3 TD |
| Myles Butler WR #5 | 52 REC, 518 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Nahzae Cox WR #0 | 40 REC, 473 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Jekail Middlebrook RB #21 | 40 REC, 412 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Parker Hughes LB #9 | 99 |
| Anthony Bynum LB #4 | 63 | |
| Shakai Woods DT #98 | 51 | |
| Sacks | Brandon Buckner LB #11 | 5.5 |
| Reggie Johnson LB #46 | 3.5 | |
| Damonte Smith NT #92 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Juwon Gaston S #22 | 3 |
| Parker Hughes LB #9 | 2 | |
| Damonte Smith NT #92 | 1 |
Kansas leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Jalon Daniels QB #6 | 198/319, 2531 YDS, 22 TD, 7 INT |
| Cole Ballard QB #15 | 10/22, 108 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Daniel Hishaw Jr. RB #9 | 124 CAR, 587 YDS, 5 TD |
| Leshon Williams RB #4 | 97 CAR, 560 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Jalon Daniels QB #6 | 117 CAR, 404 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Receiving | Emmanuel Henderson Jr. WR #2 | 45 REC, 766 YDS, 5 TD |
| Cam Pickett WR #7 | 45 REC, 476 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Boden Groen TE #88 | 36 REC, 450 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Levi Wentz WR #10 | 16 REC, 258 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Trey Lathan LB #4 | 86 |
| Lyrik Rawls DB #2 | 72 | |
| Bangally Kamara EDGE #1 | 54 | |
| Sacks | Leroy Harris III DE #33 | 4.5 |
| D.J. Withers DT #52 | 2.5 | |
| Tommy Dunn Jr. DT #92 | 2.5 | |
| Interceptions | Lyrik Rawls DB #2 | 1 |
| Taylor Davis S #27 | 1 | |
| Trey Lathan LB #4 | 1 |
These are season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.