Kansas basketball took a significant hit in ESPN’s Basketball Power Index (BPI) after their crushing loss to BYU on Tuesday night.

This loss was Kansas’ most lopsided under head coach Bill Self, and the rankings reflect how damaging it was.

Despite having a realtively solid overall season so far, their poor performance in this game shook the confidence of metrics that had them in the top 10 just days ago.

The Jayhawks are still expected to finish with a respectable win total, but their Big 12 regular season title hopes have fully evaporated with their latest conference struggles.

Kansas now sits in the middle of a very competitive Big 12 landscape, with teams like Houston, Baylor, and Iowa State all maintaining strong seasons.

The key takeaway? Kansas will need to bounce back quickly if they want to improve their NCAA tournament seeding and restore some momentum before March Madness.

For a program with such high expectations, time is running out to make adjustments.