Kansas State·Big 12

2022 — The Ten-Win Year

Kansas State's 2022 season (10-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-4
Final result 10-win season Lost the Sugar Bowl
AP final #11 post-bowls
SP+ +6.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sout Dak 34-0 W vs Missouri 40-12 L vs Tulane 10-17 W @ Okla 41-34 W vs Texa Tec 37-28 W @ Iowa St 10-9 L @ TCU 28-38 W vs Okla St 48-0 L vs Texas 27-34 W @ Baylor 31-3 W @ West Vir 48-31 W vs Kansas 47-27 W @ TCU 31-28 L vs Alabama 20-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2022.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: Kansas State 48, Oklahoma State 0. A 48-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Kansas State 20, Alabama 45. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Kansas State fell to Alabama 20-45 in the postseason.

"EMAW"
— Kansas State fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What it meant

2022 is a middle chapter for Kansas State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.