Wk 2 · 2026
Washington State Cougars at Kansas State Wildcats — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS
· TNT FINAL
Weather
No forecast yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
at
12:00pET
KSU -17.5 · total 48.5 DraftKings opened -16.5 · 1 toward KSU
Ratings differential KSU by 15.2
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 CFB King’s 2026 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 · 2026 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 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Washington St form
L 16-17at USUL 6-26vs FRESL 24-34vs ARIZW 48-7vs DUQL 7-34at KSU
2026 season
Kansas St form
L 16-35vs HOUL 26-31at CINW 31-20vs TULNW 34-7vs WSUW 71-3vs NICH
2026 season
Washington St this season
Straight up1-5 · 17% (6 games)
Against the spread4-2 · 67% (6 games)
Over / under2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Kansas St this season
Straight up3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Against the spread2-3 · 40% (5 games)
Over / under3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 1
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Kansas St leads 1–0 · Kansas St won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
27.0 points toward Kansas St
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-12 | Washington St 7 — 34 Kansas St | at KSU | Kansas St |
Washington St leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Caden Pinnick QB #12 | 110/178, 952 YDS, 3 TD, 5 INT |
| Rushing | Kirby Vorhees RB #9 | 48 CAR, 251 YDS, 2 TD |
| Caden Pinnick QB #12 | 74 CAR, 194 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Maxwell Woods RB #3 | 38 CAR, 189 YDS | |
| Receiving | Darrius Clemons WR #4 | 20 REC, 218 YDS |
| Daniel Blood WR #1 | 20 REC, 207 YDS | |
| Branden Ganashamoorthy WR #8 | 15 REC, 196 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Tank Hawkins Jr. WR #10 | 13 REC, 88 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Keith Brown LB #21 | 36 |
| DJ Warner LB #15 | 27 | |
| Jamarey Smith CB #2 | 27 | |
| Sacks | Jirah Leaupepetele DT #98 | 2.5 |
| Linus Zunk DE #6 | 2 | |
| Matyus McLain DE #9 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Jaylen Thomas S #3 | 2 |
| Jackquintin Bal S #25 | 1 |
Kansas St leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Avery Johnson QB #2 | 88/133, 910 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT |
| Blake Barnett QB #3 | 4/5, 41 YDS | |
| Rushing | Avery Johnson QB #2 | 30 CAR, 291 YDS, 3 TD |
| Rodney Fields Jr. RB #20 | 49 CAR, 274 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Joe Jackson RB #4 | 37 CAR, 189 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Derrick Salley Jr. WR #15 | 11 REC, 178 YDS, 1 TD |
| Jaron Tibbs WR #12 | 16 REC, 168 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Josh Manning WR #5 | 14 REC, 149 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Garrett Oakley TE #86 | 13 REC, 147 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Gabe Powers LB #35 | 22 |
| Mekhi Mason LB #4 | 17 | |
| Logan Bartley S #10 | 17 | |
| Sacks | Wendell Gregory DE #1 | 2.5 |
| Darien Whitaker Jr. LB #6 | 2.5 | |
| Jayden Bryant DE #40 | 2 |
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.