This season, the term “third downs” is sharp-cutting to put it mildly. On a number of occasions, the Kansas Jayhawks have had games come down to these rates allowed on both sides of the ball. As of writing, Kansas sees itself ranked 69th in the nation in third-down conversion percentage allowed with a 40.15% clip, along with an even worse 34.78% conversion rate on the offensive side of the ball.
Those defensive conversion numbers burn a little more when you consider that Kansas faces an average of 14.7 third downs per game, which ranks 110th-worst in the nation.