Wk 1 · 2026
Nicholls Colonels at Kansas State Wildcats — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan
· ESPN+
Nicholls Colonels
FCS / Other · no games yet
at
7:00pET
KSU -40.5 · total 55.5 DraftKings
Big 12 · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Nicholls form
L 3-35at TXSTL 20-38at TROY
2025 season
Kansas St form
W 24-14vs COLOL 47-51at UTAHW 14-6at OKSTL 20-43vs TTUW 42-17at KU
2025 season
Nicholls this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Kansas St this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
Kansas St leads the series 1–0 · Kansas St won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
35.0 points toward Kansas St
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2019-08-31 | Nicholls 14 — 49 Kansas St | at KSU | Kansas St |
Nicholls leaders
No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.
Kansas St leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Avery Johnson QB #2 | 204/341, 2385 YDS, 18 TD, 6 INT |
| Linkon Cure TE #0 | 0/1, 0 YDS, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Joe Jackson RB #4 | 169 CAR, 911 YDS, 8 TD |
| Avery Johnson QB #2 | 109 CAR, 477 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Dylan Edwards RB #1 | 34 CAR, 205 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Jayce Brown WR #1 | 41 REC, 712 YDS, 5 TD |
| Jaron Tibbs WR #12 | 47 REC, 595 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Garrett Oakley TE #86 | 38 REC, 389 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Jerand Bradley WR #5 | 13 REC, 184 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Desmond Purnell LB #32 | 72 |
| Austin Romaine LB #15 | 66 | |
| VJ Payne S #7 | 59 | |
| Sacks | Cody Stufflebean DE #47 | 4.5 |
| Tobi Osunsanmi DL #12 | 4 | |
| Ryan Davis LB #9 | 4 | |
| Interceptions | Daniel Cobbs S #14 | 3 |
| Gunner Maldonado S #3 | 2 | |
| Desmond Purnell LB #32 | 2 |
Player production is per game from the
2025 season, for players on the current roster.