Kansas rebounded from a home loss to FCS opponent Nicholls State in week one by going on the road and blowing out Central Michigan from the MAC. Given that, the title of this post probably sounds ridiculous. The result in week two was absolutely an improvement. But does that mean there was substantial improvement for the team?
First, a look at the opponents. Don't let the FCS/FBS designations fool you. There isn't much difference between these two teams. Jeff Sagarin's ratings are among the few that rank all schools from both D1 levels. Per those rankings, Nicholls State actually ranks slightly better than Central Michigan, coming in 145th to CMU's 147, a negligible difference.