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Wk 3 · 2026

Tulane Green Wave at Kansas State Wildcats — Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 19 · Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan · ESPN2
American · no games yet
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12:00pET
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Ratings differential KSU by 2.1
Big 12 · no games yet

What is at stake

A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The College King’s 2025 final efficiency ratings, plus 2.4 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have changed.

Efficiency · 2025 ratings

+4.3#40
Efficiency margin
+4.0#43
27.1
Offense (pts/100)
29.1
22.9
Defense (pts/100)
25.1
64.3
Pace (plays/g)
59.2
6.14
Yards / play
5.90
5.49
Yards / play allowed
5.33
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

29.1
Points / game
29.4
22.6
Points allowed
26.7
411
Yards / game
370
376
Yards allowed
386
255
Pass yds allowed
222
120
Rush yds allowed
164
1.08
Turnovers / game
1.25
From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Tulane form

W 34-21vs UNTW 27-0vs CLTW 37-13at TEMW 35-24vs FAUW 38-32at MEM
2025 season

Kansas St form

W 24-14vs COLOL 47-51at UTAHW 14-6at OKSTL 20-43vs TTUW 42-17at KU
2025 season

Tulane 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

The series is level at 1–1 · Kansas St won the last one
2 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 0.0 points either way
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20242024-09-07Kansas St 3427 Tulaneat TULNKansas St
20222022-09-17Tulane 1710 Kansas Stat KSUTulane

Tulane leaders 2025 regular season

PassingJake Retzlaff QB #12222/356, 2862 YDS, 14 TD, 6 INT
Brendan Sullivan QB #619/29, 222 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT
RushingJake Retzlaff QB #12118 CAR, 610 YDS, 16 TD
Javin Gordon RB #6122 CAR, 505 YDS, 5 TD
Jamauri McClure RB #2568 CAR, 456 YDS, 2 TD
ReceivingShazz Preston WR #738 REC, 598 YDS, 4 TD
Anthony Brown-Stephens WR #535 REC, 466 YDS, 2 TD
Omari Hayes WR #935 REC, 463 YDS, 1 TD
Bryce Bohanon WR #8331 REC, 417 YDS, 2 TD
Defense
TacklesJack Tchienchou S #177
Chris Rodgers LB #475
Bailey Despanie S #3255
SacksHarvey Dyson III LB #57
Jordan Norman DL #336
Santana Hopper DL #974.5
InterceptionsJoker Johnson DB #204
Javion White DB #03
Jack Tchienchou S #12

Kansas St leaders 2025 regular season

PassingAvery Johnson QB #2204/341, 2385 YDS, 18 TD, 6 INT
Linkon Cure TE #00/1, 0 YDS, 1 INT
RushingJoe Jackson RB #4169 CAR, 911 YDS, 8 TD
Avery Johnson QB #2109 CAR, 477 YDS, 8 TD
Dylan Edwards RB #134 CAR, 205 YDS, 2 TD
ReceivingJayce Brown WR #141 REC, 712 YDS, 5 TD
Jaron Tibbs WR #1247 REC, 595 YDS, 3 TD
Garrett Oakley TE #8638 REC, 389 YDS, 6 TD
Jerand Bradley WR #513 REC, 184 YDS, 2 TD
Defense
TacklesDesmond Purnell LB #3272
Austin Romaine LB #1566
VJ Payne S #759
SacksCody Stufflebean DE #474.5
Tobi Osunsanmi DL #124
Ryan Davis LB #94
InterceptionsDaniel Cobbs S #143
Gunner Maldonado S #32
Desmond Purnell LB #322
These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.