Baylor Gameday
Auto-updated Oct 23, 11:47 PM CT
Week 8 · Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PM CT
It's gameday
Memorial Stadium
Baylor -2.5 · O/U 53.5
Scouting Report
2026 season
Baylor
4-2
Kansas
2-4

Pregame Read
Model win probability · market says Baylor -2.5
SP+ is Bill Connelly’s efficiency rating — how good a team really is, play by play, national rank out of ~134. Elo is a rating that rises and falls with every result and how convincing it was; 1500 is average, higher is better.
2026 Schedule
- Sep 5vsAuburnL 16–17
- Sep 12vsPrairie View A&MW 44–3
- Sep 19vsLouisiana TechW 36–19
- Sep 26vsColoradoBig 12W 23–13
- Oct 3atArizona StateBig 12W 55–19
- Oct 17vsTCUBig 12L 6–17
- Oct 24atKansasBig 1212:00 PM CT
- Oct 30atUCFBig 126:30 PM CT
- Nov 6vsIowa StateBig 12TBD
- Nov 13atBYUBig 12TBD
- Nov 20vsTexas TechBig 12TBD
- Nov 27atHoustonBig 12TBD
Baylor Wire
The Bear Cast: Previewing Baylor at Kansas in Game 7
SicEm365 · Oct 22
Key Matchups In Baylor's Week 8 Battle Against the Jayhawks
Sports Illustrated · Oct 22
Reasons Baylor-Kansas Could Go Either Way, But Dave Aranda Can't Afford Another Loss
Sports Illustrated · Oct 22
TCU looks to build on Baylor upset against West Virginia. Here's what to know
Yahoo Sports · Oct 22
Baylor Football Staff Picks: Over/Under Predictions For Week 8 vs. Kansas
Sports Illustrated · Oct 22
Kansas Wire
How to Watch K-State Football Arizona State in Week 8
Yahoo Sports · Oct 22
UCF Football vs. BYU: Where To Watch, Schedule, Broadcast Info
247Sports · Oct 22
Four questions facing Kansas against Baylor
247Sports · Oct 22
Baylor Football Staff Picks: Over/Under Predictions For Week 8 vs. Kansas
Sports Illustrated · Oct 22
Where each KU starter ranks nationally, in the Big 12 per PFF
247Sports · Oct 22
Around the Big 12
Standings
| 1 | BYU | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Utah | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| 4 | Houston | 3–1 | 6–1 |
| 5 | Arizona | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Baylor | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| 11 | Iowa State | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| 12 | UCF | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| 13 | TCU | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 1–3 | 4–3 |
| 15 | Colorado | 0–3 | 2–4 |
| 16 | Kansas | 0–3 | 2–4 |
This week in the conference
- Texas Tech at CincinnatiSat
- West Virginia at TCUSat
- Baylor at KansasSat
- BYU at UCFSat
- Kansas State at Arizona StateSat
- Colorado at Oklahoma StateSat
- Iowa State at ArizonaSat
- Houston at UtahSat
2027 Recruiting Class
Rank pending- ★★★★★Karece HoytATHFrisco Lone Star, Frisco, TX
- ★★★★★Luke BabinQBBarbers Hill, Mont Belvieu, TX
- ★★★★★Trenton McCorveyLBThompson, Alabaster, AL
- ★★★★★Davontrae KirklandSWaco University, Waco, TX
- ★★★★★Devin WatkinsSMesquite Poteet, Mesquite, TX
- ★★★★★Josiah MorganWRRuston, Ruston, LA
- ★★★★★Micah FlemingCBThompson, Alabaster, AL
- ★★★★★Noah JohnsonSSmithson Valley, Spring Branch, TX
- ★★★★★Bryson BrownLBStillwater, Stillwater, OK
- ★★★★★Cadriann OldsDLBooker T. Washington, Tulsa, OK
- ★★★★★Chase AllenIOLBridgeland, Cypress, TX
- ★★★★★Hudson WhitenightIOLDripping Springs, Dripping Springs, TX