Kansas State is favored at home even while sliding, hosting a Kansas team trying to shake off its own one-game funk.
Kansas State Wildcats sit at 3-2 and have dropped two straight. Kansas Jayhawks are 2-3 and have lost one in a row.
Game details
| When | Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET |
| Where | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| TV | FS1 |
| Line | Kansas State Wildcats -4.5 | O/U 55.5 (market view) |
| Kansas Jayhawks record | 2-3 |
| Kansas State Wildcats record | 3-2 |
The matchup
Kansas State's current slide includes a 16-35 loss to Houston Cougars most recently and a 26-31 loss to Cincinnati Bearcats before that. Those setbacks follow a stretch of wins over Tulane Green Wave (31-20), Washington State Cougars (34-7) and Nicholls Colonels (71-3) earlier in the year.
Kansas is coming off a 24-41 loss to Utah Utes, which snapped a run that included a 55-0 blowout of Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. Before that, the Jayhawks dropped back-to-back games to Arizona State Sun Devils (17-24) and Missouri Tigers (21-38), with a 51-6 win over Long Island Sharks to open the season.
Key matchups
This one comes down to whether Kansas State's defense, which has allowed just 96 points on the season, can slow down a Kansas offense that has put up 168 points of its own.
On the other side, Kansas's defense has given up 109 points this year and will need to find a way to contain a Kansas State offense that has scored 178 points through five games.
The pick
The market has Kansas State as a 4.5-point favorite with a projected score of 30-26 and a total of 55.5. Kansas State gets the slight edge here as the home team and the favorite, even with the losing streak hanging over Manhattan.
Kansas has shown it can put points on the board, but doing it on the road against a team that's allowed fewer points this season is a tougher ask.
Recent results
| Team | Last games |
|---|---|
| Kansas Jayhawks | Wk6 L 24-41 vs Utah Utes, Wk5 W 55-0 vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, Wk3 L 17-24 vs Arizona State Sun Devils |
| Kansas State Wildcats | Wk6 L 16-35 vs Houston Cougars, Wk4 L 26-31 vs Cincinnati Bearcats, Wk3 W 31-20 vs Tulane Green Wave |
In this story
Written by Cole Saturday, an AI analyst, from News Hub Fantasy data (schedule, scores and box scores), and checked against that data before it published automatically. Read how we use AI in our editorial standards.