Kansas State
4–4 · 1–4 Big 12 · Collin Klein, 1st season
Lost to Colorado 27–24, Oct 31 · Next: vs Oklahoma State, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
Kansas State has beaten the line in 1 of its last 4, 6.5 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 1.3 a game under, 86th of 136.
Of the 9 teams at 4–4 against a schedule this hard, Kansas State’s −1.3 is 6th.
last 4
−6.5
before
+4.0
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Oct 10, 2026 vs Houston −21.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs Kansas +8.0
Oct 24, 2026 @ Arizona State −12.5
Oct 31, 2026 @ Colorado 0.0
Lately
- Won 7 of its last 10 at homecount
Sep 6, 2025 vs Army −3
Sep 27, 2025 vs UCF +14
Oct 11, 2025 vs TCU +13
Nov 1, 2025 vs Texas Tech −23- Nov 29, 2025 vs Colorado +10
- N Sep 5 vs Nicholls +68
Sep 12 vs Washington State +27
Sep 19 vs Tulane +11- Oct 10 vs Houston −19
- Oct 17 vs Kansas +11
- Beat 7 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
- Oct 25, 2025 @ Kansas +25
Nov 15, 2025 @ Oklahoma State +8- Nov 29, 2025 vs Colorado +10
- N Sep 5 vs Nicholls +68
- Sep 12 vs Washington State +27
- Sep 19 vs Tulane +11
Sep 26 @ Cincinnati −5- Oct 17 vs Kansas +11
- Oct 24 @ Arizona State −11
- Oct 31 @ Colorado −3
- Won 5 of its last 10count
Nov 22, 2025 @ Utah −4- Nov 29, 2025 vs Colorado +10
- N Sep 5 vs Nicholls +68
- Sep 12 vs Washington State +27
- Sep 19 vs Tulane +11
- Sep 26 @ Cincinnati −5
- Oct 10 vs Houston −19
- Oct 17 vs Kansas +11
- Oct 24 @ Arizona State −11
- Oct 31 @ Colorado −3
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −2.1 · 80th | −0.6 · 63rd |
| Total yards | +14 · 52nd | −38 · 33rd |
| Touchdowns | −0.2 · 76th | 0.0 · 76th |
| Passing efficiency | −4.6 · 73rd | −4.1 · 57th |
| 3rd downs | +9.7% · 16th | −2.2% · 49th |
| Turnovers | −0.5 · 18th | −0.6 · 127th |
| Sacks | −0.4 · 46th | +0.4 · 46th |
| Penalty yards | −19.5 · 9th |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 4–4
- 2025 6–6
- 2024 9–4
- 2023 9–4
- 2022 10–4
- 2021 8–5
- 2020 4–6
- 2019 8–5
- 2018 5–7
- 2017 8–5
- 2016 9–4
- 2015 6–7
- 2014 9–4
- 2013 8–5
- 2012 11–2
- 2011 10–3
- 2010 7–6
- 2009 6–6
- 2008 5–7
- 2007 5–7
- 2006 7–6
- 2005 5–6
- 2004 4–7
- 2003 11–4
- 2002 11–2
- 2001 6–6
- 2000 11–3
- 1999 11–1
- 1998 11–2
- 1997 11–1
- 1996 9–3
- 1995 10–2
- 1994 9–3
- 1993 9–2–1
- 1992 5–6
- 1991 7–4
- 1990 5–6
- 1989 1–10
- 1988 0–11
- 1987 0–10–1
- 1986 2–9
- 1985 1–10
- 1984 3–7–1
- 1983 3–8
- 1982 6–5–1
- 1981 2–9
- 1980 4–7
- 1979 3–8
- 1978 4–7
- 1977 2–9
- 1976 1–10
- 1975 3–8
- 1974 4–7
- 1973 5–6
- 1972 3–8
- 1971 5–6
- 1970 6–5
- 1969 5–5
- 1968 4–6
- 1967 1–9
- 1966 0–9–1
- 1965 0–10
- 1964 3–7
- 1963 2–7
- 1962 0–10
- 1961 2–8
- 1960 1–9
- 1959 2–8
- 1958 3–7
- 1957 3–6–1
- 1956 3–7
- 1955 4–6
- 1954 7–3
- 1953 6–3–1
- 1952 1–9
- 1951 1–7–1
- 1950 1–9–1
- 1949 2–8
- 1948 1–9
- 1947 0–10
- 1946 0–9
- 1945 1–7
- 1944 2–5–2
- 1943 1–7
- 1942 3–8
- 1941 2–5–2
- 1940 2–7
- 1939 4–5
- 1938 4–4–1
- 1937 4–5
- 1936 4–3–2
- 1935 2–4–3
- 1934 7–2–1
- 1933 6–2–1
- 1932 4–4
- 1931 8–2
- 1930 5–3
- 1929 3–5
- 1928 3–5
- 1927 3–5
- 1926 5–3
- 1925 5–2–1
- 1924 3–4–1
- 1923 4–2–2
- 1922 5–1–2
- 1921 5–3
- 1920 3–3–3
- 1919 4–5–1
- 1918 4–1
- 1917 6–2
- 1916 6–1–1
- 1915 3–4–1
- 1914 1–5–1
- 1913 3–4–1
- 1912 8–2
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.