Kansas State — Big 12
HC
Collin Klein · Bill Snyder Family Stadium · Manhattan, KS · 50,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.21 / 0.12
2025
Class rank
#50
class of 2026
Returning PPA
71%
returning production
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | vs Nicholls | leads 1–0 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| wk2 | vs Washington State | | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| wk3 | vs Tulane | Tulane leads 2–1 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| wk4 | at Cincinnati | Cincinnati leads 4–3 · W3 | Nippert Stadium |
| wk6 | vs Houston | tied 1–1 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| wk7 | vs Kansas | Kansas leads 64–53–5 · W17 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| wk8 | at Arizona State | Arizona State leads 6–1 | Mountain America Stadium |
| wk9 | at Colorado | Colorado leads 45–21–1 · W2 | Folsom Field |
| wk10 | vs Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State leads 42–26 · W2 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| wk11 | at TCU | leads 11–8 · W3 | Amon G. Carter Stadium |
| wk12 | vs Arizona | Arizona leads 6–2–1 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
| wk13 | at Iowa State | Iowa State leads 54–50–4 · L3 | Jack Trice Stadium |
2025 results (6–6)
Statistical comps — 2025 Kansas State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (26 in / 33 out)
Origins
Snyder took over the losingest program in the history of college football in 1989 and won 215 games. It is the most improbable rebuild anyone has done, and the stadium carries his name.
Founded 1863 · The first land-grant college chartered under the Morrill Act · first football 1896 · defined by Bill Snyder
All-time record
All-time
531–647–35
1902–2025
Win %
45.2%
124 seasons played
Winning seasons
44
35% of seasons
By level: FBS 520–640–35 (1902–2025) · ii/iii 11–7 (1909–1912)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1999 | 11 | 1 | Big 12 |
| 1997 | 11 | 1 | Big 12 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 2002 | 11 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 1998 | 11 | 2 | Big 12 |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 310 | 60% |
39% | 118 of 136 | 6.0 | 12% |
| 2nd down | 238 | 53% |
42% | 70 of 136 | 6.1 | 13% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 39 | 67% |
62% | — | 6.1 | 13% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 52 | 35% |
29% | — | 4.8 | 6% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 62 | 15% |
31% | — | 6.1 | 18% |
| 4th down | 32 | 47% |
53% | — | 6.8 | 19% |
136 drives · 34% ended in points · 6.6 plays and 37.3 yards per drive · 0.96 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 13 | Utah |
(09:20) Shotgun #4 J.Jackson rush middle for 66 yards gain to the UTA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 0… |
66 | 6.80 |
| 13 | Utah |
(01:31) Shotgun #4 J.Jackson rush right for 80 yards gain to the UTA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01… |
80 | 6.39 |
| 9 | Kansas |
(01:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 A.Johnson pass complete deep left to #1 J.Brown caught at KU4… |
78 | 6.27 |
| 5 | UCF |
Dylan Edwards 75 Yd Run (Luis Rodriguez Kick) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 3 | Arizona |
Jayce Brown 75 Yd Run (Luis Rodriguez Kick) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 1 | Iowa State |
A. Johnson pass to J. Bradley for 65 yds for a TD (L. Rodriguez KICK) |
65 | 5.24 |
| 2 | Army |
Avery Johnson pass complete to Jaron Tibbs for 32 yds for a TD (Luis Rodriguez KICK) |
32 | 4.96 |
| 13 | Utah |
(08:41) Shotgun #22 A.Martin Jr. rush middle for 37 yards gain to the UTA00 TOUCHDOWN, clo… |
37 | 4.58 |