No. 17 TCU and No. 19 Kansas play on Saturday, Oct. 8. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

Sonny Dykes has built winning programs all over the country, from Louisiana Tech to California to SMU and now TCU, where he has the Horned Frogs ranked in the Top 25 for the first time in more than three years.

If anybody can appreciate the job that Lance Leipold has done at Kansas, it’s probably him.

“It’s really pretty remarkable just how quickly, you know, he’s been able to convince them and teach them really how to win. I think that sometimes takes a long time,” said Dykes, who will lead his No. 17 Horned Frogs (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) against the No. 19 Jayhawks on Saturday. “You can tell that they’re completely bought into his way of doing things.”

Leipold won six Division III titles at Wisconsin-Whitewater and turned around Buffalo in his first shot as a Division I head coach. But it’s the job he has done with the traditionally downtrodden Jayhawks (5-0, 2-0) that has made him an early frontrunner for national coach of the year. Kansas is unbeaten at this point for the first time since 2009, when it was last ranked in the Top 25, and has a surprising Heisman Trophy contender in quarterback Jalon Daniels.

It’s been enough to create football fever in basketball-mad Lawrence. The school announced Wednesday it had sold out for the third consecutive game, and ESPN is bringing its popular “College Gameday” show to campus for the first time.

The winner Saturday remains atop the Big 12 as mid-October nears.

When is TCU-Kansas?

Kansas plays TCU at 11 a.m. (noon ET) Saturday, Oct. 8.

Live stream

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

Will it be televised?

Kansas and TCU will be televised on Fox Sports One.

Preview

BACK AT ‘BACKER: TCU linebacker Marcel Brooks thought he’d miss eight weeks when he got hurt midway through fall camp. Instead, he was back last week against the Sooners, and now should help the Horned Frogs against the nation’s No. 12 scoring offense.

“This week is about being disciplined: know your reads, know what you need to do, execute your job,” he said. “It’s all about doing your job this week, honestly. I’m not really so focused about Kansas.”

MAN DOWN: The Jayhawks will be without running back Daniel Hishaw for the foreseeable future after he was carted off with a lower body injury last week against Iowa State. That means Devin Neal and Sevion Morrison will carry the load for the Jayhawks, while Daniels will continue to provide dual-threat problems for opposing defenses.

“It really stinks for Daniel, obviously, right?” Kansas offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki said. “That’s a tough deal but regardless of however a player’s unavailable, we have to have the next-man-up mentality.”

SPEAKING OF QBS: Good luck finding a better quarterback showcase than Saturday in Lawrence. Daniels has thrown for 983 yards and 11 touchdowns with one pick while slicing up defenses on the ground. TCU counterpart Max Duggan leads the nation in passing efficiency while throwing for 997 yards and 11 touchdowns without a pick.

BRICK WALL: Horned Frogs running back Kendre Miller leads active Power Five players at 7.43 yards per carry for his career. But he’ll be facing a suddenly stingy Kansas defense that held Iowa State to 26 yards rushing last week, the fewest yards allowed on the ground by the Jayhawks since a 2009 game against UTEP.

FRONT RUNNERS: Dykes warned his players about the Jayhawks’ propensity for quick early leads, but TCU is the one that has been the frontrunner. The Horned Frogs have not trailed since the first 24 seconds of the second quarter of their opener against Colorado State, when Derius Davis returned a punt for a TD. Their last three wins have been wire-to-wire affairs.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.