Wk 9 · 2026
Kansas State Wildcats at Colorado Buffaloes — Sat, Oct 31
Sat, Oct 31 ·
Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 61 days away and has no kickoff time 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.
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Ratings differential KSU by 6.7
Big 12 · no games yet
What is at stake
A Big 12 game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the 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.
Kansas St form
No completed games on record.
Colorado form
No completed games on record.
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.
Colorado 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 at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 4
| Opponent | Kansas St | Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Big 12 | at Wk 4 · scheduled preview | at Wk 12 · scheduled preview |
| Houston Big 12 | vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 11 · scheduled preview |
| Arizona St Big 12 | at Wk 8 · scheduled preview | at Wk 10 · scheduled preview |
| Oklahoma St Big 12 | vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview | at Wk 8 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Kansas St leads 5–2 · Kansas St has won the last 2
7 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
8.3 points toward Kansas St
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-29 | Colorado 14 — 24 Kansas St | at KSU | Kansas St |
| 2024 | 2024-10-12 | Kansas St 31 — 28 Colorado | at COLO | Kansas St |
| 2010 | 2010-11-20 | Kansas St 36 — 44 Colorado | at COLO | Colorado |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Colorado 6 — 20 Kansas St | at KSU | Kansas St |
| 2008 | 2008-10-18 | Kansas St 13 — 14 Colorado | at COLO | Colorado |
| 2007 | 2007-10-13 | Colorado 20 — 47 Kansas St | at KSU | Kansas St |
| 2006 | 2006-11-04 | Kansas St 34 — 21 Colorado | at COLO | Kansas St |
Kansas St leaders 2025 regular 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 |
Colorado leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Kaidon Salter QB #3 | 127/204, 1414 YDS, 10 TD, 7 INT |
| Julian Lewis QB #10 | 52/94, 589 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Rushing | Micah Welch RB #29 | 96 CAR, 384 YDS, 4 TD |
| Kaidon Salter QB #3 | 103 CAR, 356 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Dallan Hayden RB #7 | 70 CAR, 326 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Omarion Miller WR #4 | 45 REC, 808 YDS, 8 TD |
| Joseph Williams WR #8 | 37 REC, 489 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Sincere Brown WR #9 | 22 REC, 376 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Dre'lon Miller WR #1 | 20 REC, 158 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Tawfiq Byard S #4 | 79 |
| Jeremiah Brown LB #42 | 69 | |
| Preston Hodge CB #4 | 55 | |
| Sacks | Arden Walker DE #53 | 2.5 |
| Keaten Wade DE #27 | 2.5 | |
| Jeremiah Brown LB #42 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | John Slaughter DB #13 | 2 |
| DJ McKinney CB #2 | 1 | |
| Tawfiq Byard S #4 | 1 |
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.