Kansas head coach David Beaty gives a pat on the back to Kansas wide receiver LaQuvionte Gonzalez (1) after Gonzalez fumbled a punt during the second quarter on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Memorial Stadium. by Nick Krug

Third-year Kansas football coach David Beaty lost some followers with Saturday's loss to Central Michigan, but his team hasn't lost him as a believer. Beaty remains bullish on the Jayhawks.

"We're still a good football team," Beaty said Tuesday at his weekly presser. "That's the thing I'm excited about. We're still a good football team. Nothing's changed."

Nothing has changed, but Kansas hasn't been a good football team since last decade. In fact, nobody in the FBS has been worse than KU this decade in terms of W's and L's.

Staring at 10 games in which it will be the underdog, unless favored against Baylor in Lawrence, the Kansas football program doesn't stand a chance of climbing out of last place among all FBS schools this decade any time soon.

Two games into the eighth season of the decade, KU has a .174 winning percentage. New Mexico State is next worst with a .207 mark.

If KU (1-1) somehow still can squeeze two more victories out of the schedule, it will remain in last place, even if New Mexico State goes winless for the rest of the season.

Turner Gill (.217 winning percentage at KU), hired by Lew Perkins to replace ousted Mark Mangino (.510), coached the first two seasons of the decade. Sheahon Zenger hires Charlie Weis, interim Clint Bowen and third-year coach David Beaty have combined for a .161 winning percentage.

These are facts, which makes them slanted neither positively nor negatively. Cold, hard facts.

Here's how the 20 losingest FBS football programs of this decade have fared:

School

Record Pct. Current HC (rec.)

1- Kansas

15-71 .174 David Beaty (3-23)

2- New Mexico State

18-69 .207 Doug Martin (11-39)

3 - UNLV

23-67 .256 Tony Sanchez (8-18)

4- Florida Atlantic

23-63 .267 Lane Kiffin (0-2)

5 - Eastern Michigan

24-63 .276 Chris Creighton (12-27)

6- Idaho

25-62 .287 Paul Petrino (16-34)

7 - Tulane

26-62 .295 Willie Fritz (5-9)

8 - Purdue

27-61 .307 Jeff Brohm (1-1)

9 - Akron

27-60 .310 Terry Bowden (24-38)

10 - Iowa State

29-59 .330 Matt Campbell (4-10)

11t - Miami (Ohio)

30-59 .337 Chuck Martin (12-27)

11t - New Mexico

30-59 .337 Bob Davie (28-37)

11t - Buffalo

29-57

.337

Lance Leipold (7-19)

14 - Colorado

31-59

.344

Mike McIntyre (22-31)

15 - Virginia

30-57

.345 Bronco Mendenhall (3-11)

16 - Army

31-57 .352 Jeff Monken (16-23)

17t - Indiana

32-56 .364 Tom Allen (1-1)

17t - UTEP

32-56 .364 Sean Kugler (18-33)

19t - North Texas

36-58 .383 Seth Littrell (6-9)

19t - Hawaii

36-58 .383 Nick Rolovich (9-8)



Georgia State (10-40) and Massachusetts (10-53) did not qualify for this list because they moved up from the FCS in mid-decade. UAB (19-43) also was not included because it discontinued its football program for a couple of seasons.