Oct 13, 7:43 AM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Kansas State

3–2 FBS · Big 12 · this season
Rating
+4.3
Rank
49
Résumé
77
Projected wins
6.8▲ 0.4 vs preseason
CFP odds
<1%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sat, Sep 59/5NichollsNichollsKSU −30.4KSU −41.5W 71–395
Sat, Sep 129/12Washington StateWSUKSU −10.6KSU −17.5W 34–774WSU · L
Sat, Sep 199/19TulaneTULNKSU −17.3KSU −19.5W 31–2066TULN · W
Sat, Sep 269/26at CincinnatiCINKSU −8.1KSU −7.0L 26–3144KSU · L
Sat, Oct 1010/10HoustonHOUKSU −1.4KSU −2.5L 16–3539HOU · W
Sat, Oct 1710/17KansasKUKSU +1.0KSU −5.0KU +4.5Lean · +0.6%
Sat, Oct 3110/31at ColoradoCOLOKSU −9.5—wk 9
Sat, Nov 1411/14at TCUTCUKSU PK—wk 11
Sat, Nov 2811/28at Iowa StateISUKSU −1.8—wk 13

Model on KSU games: 2–2 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 0–1 · as the dog 2–1 · home 0–0, away 2–2 · avg gap to the market +3.3 · closer than the market 2 of 4

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
6.83–2 banked, 7 to play · preseason 6.4
Bowl (6+)59%
9+ wins3%
11+ wins0%

The 7 games left add 3.8 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game<1%
Win conference<1%
Make the CFP<1%
First-round bye0%
Win it all0%

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

5 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.2028th
Success rate48.1%30th
Pass EPA+0.2337th
Rush EPA+0.1828th
Explosive rate12.4%78th
Quality-drive rate53.3%63rd
Points per quality drive5.111th
Defense
EPA allowed+0.0578th
Success allowed37.9%39th
Pass EPA allowed+0.0886th
Rush EPA allowed+0.0374th
Explosive allowed14.4%119th
Havoc rate10.7%40th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game+1.839th
Turnover margin+158th · exp. −0.5
Field position margin+2.4 yd50th
Hidden points / game−0.6gave up
Luck, wins−0.33.3 earned
One-score record0–1flipped 4–1
Rush rate over expected−3.0%85th
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+4.349th
Schedule played0.074th
Schedule remaining+3.359th
Full schedule+2.160th
Pregame expected wins2.3of 5

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 2Wk 4Wk 6
Ours 49th · +4.3Week 6
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Kansas Stateoff +0.20 28thdef +0.05 allowed · 78th

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Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Rate stats exclude garbage time (a lead of 38+ in the first half, 28+ in the third quarter, 22+ in the fourth); turnovers are counted whole. Hover a row for its definition.