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Big 12Wildcats

Kansas State

23rd of 1289–4

Rank

23rd

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+11.1

90% range 1.4 to 20.7

Offense

34.1

37th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

23.0

19th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

9–4

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 2 · 9:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#12 Stanford L 13–26
Rating change+1.5
Wk 3Sep 17 · 2:30 PM ET vs Florida Atlantic W 63–7
Rating change+5.3
Wk 4Sep 24 · 7:10 PM ET vs Missouri State W 35–0
Rating change−0.1
Wk 5Oct 1 · 3:30 PM ET at West Virginia L 16–17
Rating change+0.4
Wk 6Oct 8 · 7:00 PM ET vs Texas Tech W 44–38
Rating change−0.4
Wk 7Oct 15 · 12:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#9 Oklahoma L 17–38
Rating change−1.5
Wk 8Oct 22 · 12:00 PM ET vs Texas W 24–21
Rating change0.0
Wk 9Oct 29 · 12:00 PM ET at Iowa State W 31–26
Rating change−0.4
Wk 10Nov 5 · 3:30 PM ET vs Oklahoma State L 37–43
Rating change−1.2
Wk 12Nov 19 · 12:00 PM ET at Baylor W 42–21
Rating change+2.9
Wk 13Nov 26 · 12:00 PM ET vs Kansas W 34–19
Rating change−0.6
Wk 14Dec 3 · 12:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#22 TCU W 30–6
Rating change+3.6
PostDec 28 · 9:00 PM ET vs Texas A&MADVOCARE V100 TEXAS BOWL W 33–28
Rating change−0.2

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2015Big 1283 of 128−3.228.631.86–7—

Profile

KSU offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com