2024 Kansas Jayhawks football team

2024 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Grimes (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJim Zebrowski (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrian Borland (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorD. K. McDonald (1st season)
Home stadiumChildren's Mercy Park (2 games)
Arrowhead Stadium (4 games)
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Arizona State   6 2     9 2  
No. 22 Iowa State   6 2     9 2  
No. 14 BYU   6 2     9 2  
No. 16 Colorado   6 2     8 3  
Kansas State   5 3     8 3  
Baylor   5 3     7 4  
TCU   5 3     7 4  
Texas Tech   5 3     7 4  
West Virginia   5 3     6 5  
Kansas   4 4     5 6  
Cincinnati   3 5     5 6  
Houston   3 5     4 7  
UCF   2 6     4 7  
Arizona   2 6     4 7  
Utah   1 7     4 7  
Oklahoma State   0 8     3 8  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of November 26, 2024
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2024 Kansas Jayhawks football team will represent the University of Kansas in the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the Jayhawks' 135th season. Due to construction on David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the Jayhawks will play their non-conference home games at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas and their conference home games at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. They will be led by fourth-year head coach Lance Leipold. The Jayhawks will look to win a bowl game in back–to–back seasons for only the second time in program history, and to qualify for a bowl game for a third straight season for the first time in program history.

The Jayhawks also started the year ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the 2009 season. After a stale 2-6 record, which included a 5 game losing streak, including a loss to in-state rival Kansas State for the sixteenth straight year. The Jayhawks upset then no. 17 Iowa State, handed then no. 6 ranked BYU it's first loss of the season, and upset no. 16 Colorado to become the first team in FBS history with a losing record to beat 3 straight AP Poll ranked opponents.[1]

  1. ^ Schrotenboer, Brent. "Colorado vs. Kansas highlights: Top moments from Buffaloes' playoff damaging loss". USA TODAY. Retrieved November 24, 2024.