Wk 2 · 2026
Washington State Cougars at Kansas State Wildcats — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS
· TNT
Weather at kickoff
79°F mostly clear
22% chance of precipitation · wind 15 mph
Forecast from Open-Meteo
Pac-12 · no games yet
at
12:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential KSU by 1.9
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 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
No completed games on record.
Kansas St form
No completed games on record.
Washington 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.
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 at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 1
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comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Washington St leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Zevi Eckhaus QB #4 | 167/263, 1760 YDS, 12 TD, 9 INT |
| Jaxon Potter QB #2 | 67/95, 604 YDS, 4 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Kirby Vorhees RB #9 | 138 CAR, 576 YDS, 5 TD |
| Zevi Eckhaus QB #4 | 100 CAR, 337 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Angel Johnson RB #1 | 69 CAR, 226 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Joshua Meredith WR #18 | 49 REC, 639 YDS, 3 TD |
| Tony Freeman WR #0 | 51 REC, 557 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Jeremiah Noga WR #15 | 18 REC, 182 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Carter Pabst WR #4 | 9 REC, 168 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Parker McKenna LB #44 | 83 |
| Caleb Francl LB #9 | 74 | |
| Tucker Large S #1 | 70 | |
| Sacks | Isaac Terrell DE #88 | 7 |
| Buddha Peleti DE #10 | 3 | |
| Soni Finau DT #53 | 2.5 | |
| Interceptions | Caleb Francl LB #9 | 2 |
| Colby Humphrey CB #2 | 2 | |
| Parker McKenna LB #44 | 1 |
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 |
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.