Week 4 • September 20, 2025, 10:00 PM UTC
2-1
Big 12
Power Rank: -2.8
10 FINAL 41
2-0
Big 12
Power Rank: 8.6
Kansas covered by 19.5 | Game went Under by 4.5

Kansas defeated West Virginia 41–10 in a dominant performance.

West Virginia @ Kansas Preview

General Information

Week: Week 4
Kick Off (at stadium): 06:00 PM EDT
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 52,530
Elevation: 935 ft
HFA Rating: 2.8
Playing Surface: Artifical Turf

Betting Information

Spread Kansas -11.5
Total (O/U) 55.5
Expected Score WVU 22.0 - 33.5 KU
Power Rank Implied Line Kansas +11.4
Prediction Markets Kansas 81% Win Chance (Kalshi)

Weather Conditions

Forecast for: February 02, 2026
Clear

Clear

26.0°F

Wind Chill: 20.6°F
Wind: 4.7 mph NNE
Gusts: 9.6 mph
Precipitation: 0.0"
Humidity: 79%
Rain Chance: 0%
Snow Chance: 0%

Travel & Rest

West Virginia (Away)

This Week: 819.9 miles
Last Week: Home Game
Season Total: 1054.0 miles
Body Clock Time: 18:00
Rest Days: 7

Kansas (Home)

This Week: 0.0 miles
Last Week: No Game
Season Total: 313.9 miles
Body Clock Time: 17:00
Rest Days: 14

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Betting Information
Current Line Kansas -11.5
Total Points 55.5
Blue Chip Analytics Power Rating
West Virginia -2.8
Kansas 8.6
Travel Impact
Away Team Travel 820 mi
Home Team Travel 0 mi
Rest Kansas +7
HFA: Memorial Stadium
Capacity 52,530
Elevation 935 ft
Weather: Clear
Temperature 26.0°F
Wind Speed 4.7 mph
Your Line Kansas +11.4
Implied Value

What are the key factors for West Virginia vs Kansas?

West Virginia: Key Factors

Kansas: Key Factors

What happened in the game?

West Virginia travels 820 miles to this game, a significant road trip.

West Virginia arrives with a 1-hour body clock shift.

Kansas won by 31 in a dominant performance.

Kansas covered the spread, covering the spread comfortably.

The total went Under by 4.5 points.

Does weather affect this game at Memorial Stadium?

At 26.0°F, this is a cold-weather game. Cold conditions below 35°F historically compress scoring and reduce passing efficiency, favouring unders and run-heavy offences.

Full conditions are shown in the data panel above. Forecast data sourced from WeatherAPI.com. Use the Line Value Calculator to apply a manual weather adjustment to your projected line.

How do West Virginia and Kansas compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favour Kansas (8.6) over West Virginia (-2.8) by 11.4 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Kansas brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.8). Add this to the neutral-site differential to arrive at a venue-adjusted line.

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings represent expected point margin against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field, calculated from game data sourced via CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). They are one input — cross-reference with the travel, rest, and weather data above before drawing conclusions.

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Weather

Kansas won and Kansas covered the spread.