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Big 12Wildcats

Kansas State

45th of 1308–5

Rank

45th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+4.9

90% range −4.6 to 14.5

Offense

26.9

73rd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.0

28th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

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 1Aug 31 · 7:00 PM ET vs Nicholls W 49–14
Rating change+3.7
Wk 2Sep 7 · 12:00 PM ET vs Bowling Green W 52–0
Rating change+4.6
Wk 3Sep 14 · 12:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#21 Mississippi State W 31–24
Rating change+2.4
Wk 5Sep 28 · 7:00 PM ET at Oklahoma State L 13–26
Rating change−2.3
Wk 6Oct 5 · 3:30 PM ET vs Baylor L 12–31
Rating change−2.3
Wk 8Oct 19 · 2:30 PM ET vs TCU W 24–17
Rating change−0.4
Wk 9Oct 26 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#3 Oklahoma W 48–41
Rating change+3.0
Wk 10Nov 2 · 3:30 PM ET at Kansas W 38–10
Rating change+1.9
Wk 11Nov 9 · 3:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 Texas L 24–27
Rating change−0.9
Wk 12Nov 16 · 3:30 PM ET vs West Virginia L 20–24
Rating change−1.9
Wk 13Nov 23 · 7:00 PM ET at Texas Tech W 30–27
Rating change−0.4
Wk 14Nov 30 · 7:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#21 Iowa State W 27–17
Rating change+1.7
PostDec 31 · 3:45 PM ET vs NavyNeutral L 17–20
Rating change−0.6

Rating through 2019

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2018Big 1263 of 1301.726.725.05–7—
2017Big 1239 of 1307.231.824.68–5—
2016Big 1223 of 12811.134.123.09–4—
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