Kansas vs. Baylor: Tale of the Tape

	National	Conf	Actual	Category	Actual	Conf	National
Advantage	Rank	Rank				Rank	Rank
Kansas	40	4	186.88	Rushing Offense	173.71	5	49
Baylor	109	10	169.13	Passing Offense	395.71	1	1
Baylor	99	10	356	Total Offense	569.43	2	3
Baylor	118	10	17.25	Scoring Offense	44.14	3	7
Kansas	90	8	188.63	Rushing Defense	194.14	9	95
Kansas	78	7	135.14	Pass Efficiency Defense	156.03	9	115
Kansas	81	7	418.75	Total Defense	553.71	10	120
Kansas	83	7	30.13	Scoring Defense	42.71	10	118
Baylor	100	9	34.38	Net Punting	36.8	8	61
Baylor	58	9	8.75	Punt Returns	9.55	7	47
Baylor	112	9	17.16	Kickoff Returns	20.43	8	80
Kansas	56	6	.13	Turnover Margin	-.71	10	98
Kansas	58	4	230.13	Pass Defense	359.71	9	119
Baylor	118	10	96.02	Passing Efficiency	167.62	3	7
Baylor	113	10	1	Sacks	1.14	9	108
Baylor	114	10	4.25	Tackles For Loss	4.71	8	100
Baylor	95	10	2.63	Sacks Allowed	1.86	9	60

Who deserves the win? If the Baylor defense continues to play horribly and fails to slow a putrid Kansas offense do they deserve to win? If the Kansas offense fails to exploit a weak Baylor defense do they deserve to win?

Unfortunately for the Jayhawks the answer to those two questions probably don't work in their favor. While the Kansas defense is improving and probably is the strength of this team, they aren't nearly on the same level as Baylor's offense. So the Baylor defense could probably have a letdown yet the offense might still bail them out.

That said, Kansas has surprised some people on multiple occasions against some very high powered offenses. Oklahoma State walked into Lawrence with expectations of running wild, that didn't happen and Kansas made it close. Texas has been riding their offensive improvement this year and Kansas slowed them down to the point that Kansas was just seconds from a win. Do the Jayhawks have another surprising defensive effort in them?

That's probably what it's going to take because the likelihood of the Kansas offense keeping up with Baylor isn't good. If Kansas can slow Baylor down the way they slowed down Texas and OSU they have a shot, but the matchup isn't as favorable and Baylor is much more like a Big 12 team from two years ago where Texas and Oklahoma State are not.