The Kansas football program has turned down the opportunity to play in a bowl this year, and that decision feels like an opportunity lost.
The Kansas football team finished the 2025 season with five wins and seven losses. Under most circumstances, schools need six wins to be bowl-eligible. This year, because of eligible teams scorning their earned bowls, some five-win teams were offered the opportunity to play another game.
Kansas was one of those schools and, disappointingly, turned down the chance for a bowl game.