Kansas football fans have floated the question around message boards the past few weeks, the result of natural curiosity following consecutive 45-0 and 43-0 losses to Big 12 opponents.
“Is the worst team KU football has ever had?”
For those wondering … Bill Connelly has a stat for that.
Connelly, Analytics Director for SB Nation, has been working to improve advanced numbers in college football for more than a decade. His “S&P+” — derived from play-by-play data — is considered among the best statistical rankings and even has a 52 percent success rate against the spread through eight weeks.