Kansas State

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Big 12 · Collin Klein, year 1 (2-0) · Bill Snyder Family Stadium · 50,000 · 51,739 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#26 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #23 (+12.7) · FPI #30
The marketKansas State by 20.5vs Tulane · our model 85% Kansas State · a number, not a pick

LastW 34–7 vs Washington State · Sat Sep 12 · Wendell Gregory 2 sacks, 3 TFL, 5 tackles

Nextvs Tulane · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Bill Snyder Family Stadium · Kansas State by 20.5 · series 1-2 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Kansas State fans are split on what comes next.

Most Kansas State fans liked what they saw — but a real minority isn't convinced.

Yep. Said it from the get go, this is old Avery.

▲ 3r/CFB

I'm so over the Peterson era of defense. We need to move on smh

▲ 4r/CFB
✓ verbatim
belief cooled ↓ 2.4vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
51/100 · 372 mentions · top 35% of FBS
~ our read
Grounding
about average
6% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 28 pts
~ our read
The model
#26
CFB Zeitgeist · +6.2
✓ measured
Explore all 12 corners of the fanbase ↓
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dynasty move

Kansas State's slip from dynasty status shakes Big 12.

Kansas State has slipped from elite-tier consistency — the first time below the top-11% tier since 2024, and the gap from the #17 AP peak is structural, not just a roster rebuild.

The jury's still out.

The Pulse on Kansas State

Archive · Wk 2 · 372 mentions · medium confidence
51
Δ -2.4 vs last wk
372 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"EMAW" — Kansas State fanbase · recurring line
The Fever Year

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

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+0.00
Boomers & Gen X
most bought-in cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
Bettors
coolest cohort our read

How Kansas State fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

God I swear one year of relevance in 20 years and they get this insufferable.

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The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement

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Locked On

Reaction: Kansas State Rolls Past Washington State in Dominant Win

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All 12 corners of the fanbase

skeptical
buying in
Boomers & Gen X+0.05
Bettors−0.01

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
35%
recent results
20%
where the program is headed
16%
offense
6%
the schedule
5%

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

598 mentions · 7 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack

~ our readKansas State fans are leaning negative, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.

backed by facts
6% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
22% optimistic30% down

✓ counted We read 372 posts from Kansas State fans this week.

Press Pulse

14 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

I want him to be extremely confident, to play fast, and to let his fire, his love to compete, and the care and love for his teammates show
Klein · Kstatecollegian2 days before Kansas State's 2026 opener
I’ve seen Jaden practice and I know what it’s looked like. It didn’t really look like that today. I’m sure North Carolina had something to do with that…we just didn’t give ourselves a chance
Dykes · Heartland College Sports7 days before the opener
If the speed limit’s 45 miles per hour, and you drive 45 miles per hour, a lot of people are going to pass you by
Day · FOX Sports10 days before the opener

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial8 posts
Locked On Kansas State
“Kansas State is 2-0. And this Wildcats defense looks REALLY good. K-State took care of Washington State 34-7 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, and the only WSU…”
2d ago
News & campus coverage8 posts
News
“WSU’s offensive struggles zoom into focus after blowout loss to Kansas State | Rewind The Spokesman-Review”
1d ago

Fanbase health · Kansas State

Kansas State's fanbase is growing — 68 of 100.

Loud (119 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (6-6 last season, 2-0 so far).

On the field — 6-6 last season, 2-0 so far65
How loud — 119 weighted voices in the latest week72

2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Kansas State lives rent-free in
  1. Kennesaw State10%
  2. Kansas8%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Kansas State
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 1,531 fan mentions
Measured
Optimism
78th
Joy
62nd
Anger
19th
Doom
60th
Sarcasm
18th
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season Vocabulary

2026BETTER
betternattynebraskaerawashingtoncollege
We're at 105-10 so far and the defense is better than the offense
2025DEFENSE
defensewellsbackrunningdriveoffense
This defense cannot do shit on 4th down.
Defining termsThe handful of terms that carried this season.
Words of the season how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
better×5.2natty×13.8nebraska×12.5era×11.1washington×11.1
2025
defense×2.6wells×5.6back×4.2running×4.3drive×15.9
Fanbase clusterWhich other fanbases talk the way yours does.
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0
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