The same 41-8-3 angle mentioned above applies here. This is also a huge revenge game for West Virginia which has this game circled after Kansas stunned them last year. The win was the Jayhawks first in Big 12 play in more than three years. Students flooded the field afterward, carried the goal posts out of the stadium and deposited them in a lake.

WVU has just two losses No. 2 Alabama in the season opener and to No. 4 Oklahoma. After such baptism by fire, the bye week is huge. They were competitive in both. In Kansas two toughest games they were outscored 63-3 and this is easily their biggest test in just their second road game.