Kansas State

4-4

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Kansas State lost 24-27 at Colorado and is 4-4 in Collin Klein's first season.

Fan mood in the week of the Colorado game: middle of the pack

Fan mood in each Kansas State game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrightervs Washington State W 34-7middle of the packvs Tulane W 31-20middle of the packat Cincinnati L 26-31middle of the packvs Houston L 16-35sourvs Kansas W 35-24all inat Arizona State L 17-28all inat Colorado L 24-27middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12vs Washington StateW 34-7middle of the packSep 19vs TulaneW 31-20middle of the packSep 26at CincinnatiL 26-31middle of the packOct 10vs HoustonL 16-35sourOct 17vs KansasW 35-24all inOct 24at Arizona StateL 17-28all inOct 31at ColoradoL 24-27middle of the pack
  • W 71-3 vs Nicholls
  • W 34-7 vs Washington State
  • W 31-20 vs Tulane
  • L 26-31 at Cincinnati
  • L 16-35 vs Houston
  • W 35-24 vs Kansas
  • L 17-28 at Arizona State
  • L 24-27 at Colorado
  • Next: vs Oklahoma State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

Kansas State lost 24-27 at Colorado.

The whole Colorado game

Before Oklahoma State

The playoff simulation gives Kansas State a 74% chance at home against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Oklahoma State game has a bowl on it for Kansas State.

Oklahoma State game on Now

What the Oklahoma State game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Kansas State fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the reporters say

What reporters say

11 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

Klein’s one of the best architects of the quarterback run, and this deceptive run game
Dillingham · Kstatecollegianthe day before Kansas State's 2026 game against Arizona State
I want to say thank you to our fans, and that environment today was unbelievable
Klein · Kstatecollegianthe day after the 35-24 game
True competitors respond when challenged; albeit a very, very painful loss, you rise up
Klein · Kstatecollegianthe day before the Kansas game

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Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Firestorm

The loudest night was the 24-27 loss to Colorado.

FirstSecondThirdFourthColorado fansKansas State fansusual

A usual night for Kansas State fans is busy.

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
BBring On The Cats
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.10
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner−0.04
Casuals
Most skeptical cohort

From the team’s own coverage

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Locked On

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All 12 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
Casuals−0.04 to Local+0.10

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
31%
recent results
20%
where the program is headed
12%
offense
8%
the rankings
6%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 9. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

player performanceEarly signal — few voices

fans believe the defense struggles to tackle effectively in run situations

I really hope we see some improvement in the defense today. Giving up 250+ on the ground multiple weeks is not a receipe for success.

K-State will need to win on the ground and win on third down. I'm hoping the bye week fixed some of those rush defense issues

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Oct 10, 2026 · via CFB

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Kansas State lives rent-free in
  1. Kansas11%
  2. Kennesaw State10%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Kansas State
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Doomers
Optimism
49th
Joy
40th
Anger
37th
Doom
90th
Sarcasm
12th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026tulane
tulaneredwhiteuniversitycincinnatiwins
That tulane kicker is playing on sundays.
2025wells
wellsoffensemattmatt wellsrunningdefense
A Matt wells classic. Need 8 yards. 2yd TE screen.
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