As for why I have ku ranked so highly in mine:
I was expecting them to win last night, but not in blowout fashion. And they switched to Todd Reesing who, although not as good as so many ku fans have pimped him out to be, is leaps and bounds better than Kerry Meier. Given their schedule this year, they have the potential to win a LOT of games, and I think the fat man feels his seat getting pretty warm so will step it up in a no holds barred attack on every team they play. They're also ridiculously good at home. I'm predicting they beat Nebraska in Lawrence, and I still can't for the life of me figure out why they were stupid enough to give up home field advantage against Missouri.
There's really only one question about ku: How will they perform on the road? Mangino has won exactly two road games in the Big XII, and they were against Iowa State last year and Missouri a few years back. You can't have a successful season(and by that I mean .500 or above in conference play, OOC cupcake wins at home do not define good seasons) unless you can steal some games on the road.
We'll see when they come to Manhattan.