Kansas is 4-0 straight up and 3-1 against the spread at home. They've outscored their opponents by 20 per game in Lawrence but have been outscored by 9 on the road. KU HC Lance Leipold is a solid coach and with two weeks to prepare for the Sooners, the Jayhawks will be well prepared. OU won 52-42 last year in Norman.

UCF was able to run the ball pretty effectively against an Oklahoma defense that had looked much-improved over last year's squad. I still think Oklahoma still has a strong defense, but this might be a bad matchup against a Kansas rushing attack that ranks in the top 10 nationally averaging 5.62 yards per attempt. With a week off to get ready for the Sooners, I like Kansas to give them a run for their money.

Last week's performance against UCF seemed like an emotional letdown game for the Sooners. I expect them to get right quickly against just an ok Kansas team. Since 2000, the closest margin of victory by Oklahoma during their 18 game winning streak over KU was last year, 10. This is a better OU team and a worse KU team. Oklahoma 38, Kansas 20.

I get that there might be a little bit of reluctance to ride with the Sooners after they failed to cover for the first time all year last weekend against UCF. However, it’s time to hop back on the Schooner. The Kansas passing defense is average-at-best and just gave up 336 yards through the air to Oklahoma State. Dillon Gabriel is going to go nuts and, knowing how coach Brent Venables rolls, will leave his foot on the gas.