Kansas State·Big 12

2024 — The Winning Chapter

Kansas State's 2024 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Won the Rate Bowl
AP final #20 post-bowls
SP+ +6.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs UT Mar 41-6 W @ Tulane 34-27 W vs Arizona 31-7 L @ BYU 9-38 W vs Okla St 42-20 W @ Colorado 31-28 W @ West Vir 45-18 W vs Kansas 29-27 L @ Houston 19-24 L vs Ariz Sta 14-24 W vs Cincin 41-15 L @ Iowa St 21-29 W vs Rutgers 44-41 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2024.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2024 season's largest margin: Kansas State 41, UT Martin 6. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Kansas State 9, BYU 38. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Kansas State beat Rutgers 44-41 in the postseason.

"EMAW"
— Kansas State fanbase voice · 2024· synthesized
What it meant

2024 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.