2014–2026 performance history

Kansas State over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Big 12Head coach: Collin KleinView Kansas State games →
Offense · 2026 estimate66.3/100

88.7 average through 2 games

58.8 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate63.2/100

81.3 average through 2 games

57.9 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Kansas State individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Snyder · ’14–’18Bill Snyder, 2014–2018Klieman · ’19–’25Chris Klieman, 2019–2025KleinCollin Klein, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Stephen F. Austin · W 55–16; offense 68.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Kansas State at Iowa State · W 32–28; offense 69.3 percentile2014 Week 4: Kansas State vs. Auburn · L 14–20; offense 7.8 percentile2014 Week 5: Kansas State vs. UTEP · W 58–28; offense 81.2 percentile2014 Week 6: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 45–13; offense 46.2 percentile2014 Week 8: Kansas State at Oklahoma · W 31–30; offense 90.5 percentile2014 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Texas · W 23–0; offense 61.1 percentile2014 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 48–14; offense 78.2 percentile2014 Week 11: Kansas State at TCU · L 20–41; offense 60.9 percentile2014 Week 13: Kansas State at West Virginia · W 26–20; offense 40.3 percentile2014 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 51–13; offense 87.4 percentile2014 Week 15: Kansas State at Baylor · L 27–38; offense 83.4 percentile2014 Week 1: Kansas State vs. UCLA · L 35–40; offense 43.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Kansas State vs. South Dakota · W 34–0; offense 23.7 percentile2015 Week 2: Kansas State at UTSA · W 30–3; offense 64.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Louisiana Tech · W 39–33; offense 42.4 percentile2015 Week 5: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · L 34–36; offense 48.7 percentile2015 Week 6: Kansas State vs. TCU · L 45–52; offense 70.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · L 0–55; offense 4.4 percentile2015 Week 8: Kansas State at Texas · L 9–23; offense 14.0 percentile2015 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Baylor · L 24–31; offense 78.4 percentile2015 Week 11: Kansas State at Texas Tech · L 44–59; offense 26.9 percentile2015 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · W 38–35; offense 44.5 percentile2015 Week 13: Kansas State at Kansas · W 45–14; offense 40.1 percentile2015 Week 14: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · W 24–23; offense 12.4 percentile2015 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Arkansas · L 23–45; offense 40.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Kansas State at Stanford · L 13–26; offense 43.5 percentile2016 Week 4: Kansas State vs. Missouri State · W 35–0; offense 60.7 percentile2016 Week 5: Kansas State at West Virginia · L 16–17; offense 18.1 percentile2016 Week 6: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 44–38; offense 27.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Kansas State at Oklahoma · L 17–38; offense 33.8 percentile2016 Week 8: Kansas State vs. Texas · W 24–21; offense 67.4 percentile2016 Week 9: Kansas State at Iowa State · W 31–26; offense 82.9 percentile2016 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · L 37–43; offense 68.6 percentile2016 Week 12: Kansas State at Baylor · W 42–21; offense 71.8 percentile2016 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 34–19; offense 62.8 percentile2016 Week 14: Kansas State at TCU · W 30–6; offense 84.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Texas A&M · W 33–28; offense 60.7 percentile2017 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Central Arkansas · W 55–19; offense 83.8 percentile2017 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Charlotte · W 55–7; offense 91.9 percentile2017 Week 3: Kansas State at Vanderbilt · L 7–14; offense 6.4 percentile2017 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Baylor · W 33–20; offense 55.8 percentile2017 Week 6: Kansas State at Texas · L 34–40; offense 71.1 percentile2017 Week 7: Kansas State vs. TCU · L 6–26; offense 2.2 percentile2017 Week 8: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · L 35–42; offense 74.7 percentile2017 Week 9: Kansas State at Kansas · W 30–20; offense 19.1 percentile2017 Week 11: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · L 23–28; offense 4.1 percentile2017 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · W 20–19; offense 57.8 percentile2017 Week 1: Kansas State vs. UCLA · W 35–17; offense 76.3 percentile2018 Week 1: Kansas State vs. South Dakota · W 27–24; offense 8.3 percentile2018 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Mississippi State · L 10–31; offense 36.9 percentile2018 Week 3: Kansas State vs. UTSA · W 41–17; offense 75.6 percentile2018 Week 4: Kansas State at West Virginia · L 6–35; offense 5.1 percentile2018 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Texas · L 14–19; offense 29.1 percentile2018 Week 6: Kansas State at Baylor · L 34–37; offense 83.8 percentile2018 Week 7: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 31–12; offense 72.7 percentile2018 Week 9: Kansas State at Oklahoma · L 14–51; offense 7.0 percentile2018 Week 10: Kansas State at TCU · L 13–14; offense 28.7 percentile2018 Week 11: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 21–17; offense 25.5 percentile2018 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 21–6; offense 16.3 percentile2018 Week 13: Kansas State at Iowa State · L 38–42; offense 91.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Nicholls · W 49–14; offense 83.2 percentile2019 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Bowling Green · W 52–0; offense 85.8 percentile2019 Week 3: Kansas State at Mississippi State · W 31–24; offense 36.9 percentile2019 Week 5: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · L 13–26; offense 13.1 percentile2019 Week 6: Kansas State vs. Baylor · L 12–31; offense 22.5 percentile2019 Week 8: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 24–17; offense 24.5 percentile2019 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · W 48–41; offense 48.4 percentile2019 Week 10: Kansas State at Kansas · W 38–10; offense 78.7 percentile2019 Week 11: Kansas State at Texas · L 24–27; offense 32.7 percentile2019 Week 12: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · L 20–24; offense 23.3 percentile2019 Week 13: Kansas State at Texas Tech · W 30–27; offense 20.2 percentile2019 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · W 27–17; offense 52.9 percentile2019 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Navy · L 17–20; offense 8.4 percentile2020 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Arkansas State · L 31–35; offense 8.6 percentile2020 Week 4: Kansas State at Oklahoma · W 38–35; offense 66.7 percentile2020 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 31–21; offense 73.6 percentile2020 Week 6: Kansas State at TCU · W 21–14; offense 27.0 percentile2020 Week 8: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 55–14; offense 35.3 percentile2020 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · L 18–20; offense 66.2 percentile2020 Week 12: Kansas State at Iowa State · L 0–45; offense 7.2 percentile2020 Week 13: Kansas State at Baylor · L 31–32; offense 77.5 percentile2020 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Texas · L 31–69; offense 81.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Stanford · W 24–7; offense 54.2 percentile2021 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Southern Illinois · W 31–23; offense 46.8 percentile2021 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Nevada · W 38–17; offense 90.4 percentile2021 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · L 31–37; offense 76.9 percentile2021 Week 7: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · L 20–33; offense 89.0 percentile2021 Week 8: Kansas State at Texas Tech · W 25–24; offense 55.3 percentile2021 Week 10: Kansas State at Kansas · W 35–10; offense 94.2 percentile2021 Week 11: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · W 34–17; offense 66.9 percentile2021 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Baylor · L 10–20; offense 35.8 percentile2021 Week 13: Kansas State at Texas · L 17–22; offense 46.5 percentile2021 Week 1: Kansas State vs. LSU · W 42–20; offense 95.1 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas State vs. South Dakota · W 34–0; offense 35.5 percentile2022 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Missouri · W 40–12; offense 64.0 percentile2022 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Tulane · L 10–17; offense 22.7 percentile2022 Week 4: Kansas State at Oklahoma · W 41–34; offense 82.0 percentile2022 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 37–28; offense 86.4 percentile2022 Week 6: Kansas State at Iowa State · W 10–9; offense 50.7 percentile2022 Week 8: Kansas State at TCU · L 28–38; offense 62.8 percentile2022 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 48–0; offense 85.5 percentile2022 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Texas · L 27–34; offense 83.6 percentile2022 Week 12: Kansas State at West Virginia · W 48–31; offense 66.7 percentile2022 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 47–27; offense 77.7 percentile2022 Week 14: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 31–28; offense 59.1 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Alabama · L 20–45; offense 44.5 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Southeast Missouri State · W 45–0; offense 58.9 percentile2023 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Troy · W 42–13; offense 78.8 percentile2023 Week 3: Kansas State at Missouri · L 27–30; offense 80.1 percentile2023 Week 4: Kansas State vs. UCF · W 44–31; offense 89.3 percentile2023 Week 6: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · L 21–29; offense 20.9 percentile2023 Week 7: Kansas State at Texas Tech · W 38–21; offense 93.2 percentile2023 Week 8: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 41–3; offense 97.0 percentile2023 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Houston · W 41–0; offense 66.1 percentile2023 Week 10: Kansas State at Texas · L 30–33; offense 44.4 percentile2023 Week 11: Kansas State vs. Baylor · W 59–25; offense 65.7 percentile2023 Week 12: Kansas State at Kansas · W 31–27; offense 84.8 percentile2023 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · L 35–42; offense 58.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas State vs. NC State · W 28–19; offense 82.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Kansas State vs. UT Martin · W 41–6; offense 71.8 percentile2024 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Arizona · W 31–7; offense 73.3 percentile2024 Week 4: Kansas State at BYU · L 9–38; offense 56.3 percentile2024 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 42–20; offense 72.3 percentile2024 Week 7: Kansas State at Colorado · W 31–28; offense 97.5 percentile2024 Week 8: Kansas State at West Virginia · W 45–18; offense 77.0 percentile2024 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 29–27; offense 52.3 percentile2024 Week 10: Kansas State at Houston · L 19–24; offense 12.4 percentile2024 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Arizona State · L 14–24; offense 38.2 percentile2024 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Cincinnati · W 41–15; offense 83.4 percentile2024 Week 14: Kansas State at Iowa State · L 21–29; offense 55.6 percentile2024 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Rutgers · W 44–41; offense 91.8 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · L 21–24; offense 17.5 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas State vs. North Dakota · W 38–35; offense 50.4 percentile2025 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Army · L 21–24; offense 26.6 percentile2025 Week 6: Kansas State at Baylor · L 34–35; offense 59.7 percentile2025 Week 7: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 41–28; offense 54.9 percentile2025 Week 9: Kansas State at Kansas · W 42–17; offense 87.4 percentile2025 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · L 20–43; offense 84.2 percentile2025 Week 12: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · W 14–6; offense 9.3 percentile2025 Week 13: Kansas State at Utah · L 47–51; offense 98.9 percentile2025 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Colorado · W 24–14; offense 61.7 percentile2026 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Nicholls · W 71–3; offense 90.5 percentile2026 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Washington State · W 34–7; offense 86.8 percentile2014 offense season mean: 64.1 percentile2015 offense season mean: 36.6 percentile2016 offense season mean: 57.4 percentile2017 offense season mean: 44.6 percentile2018 offense season mean: 37.2 percentile2019 offense season mean: 39.6 percentile2020 offense season mean: 47.0 percentile2021 offense season mean: 72.7 percentile2022 offense season mean: 64.7 percentile2023 offense season mean: 74.4 percentile2024 offense season mean: 68.5 percentile2025 offense season mean: 58.8 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 66.3 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 88.7 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Stephen F. Austin · W 55–16; defense 44.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Kansas State at Iowa State · W 32–28; defense 67.0 percentile2014 Week 4: Kansas State vs. Auburn · L 14–20; defense 85.6 percentile2014 Week 5: Kansas State vs. UTEP · W 58–28; defense 96.8 percentile2014 Week 6: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 45–13; defense 59.0 percentile2014 Week 8: Kansas State at Oklahoma · W 31–30; defense 39.1 percentile2014 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Texas · W 23–0; defense 81.7 percentile2014 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 48–14; defense 90.0 percentile2014 Week 11: Kansas State at TCU · L 20–41; defense 39.6 percentile2014 Week 13: Kansas State at West Virginia · W 26–20; defense 64.9 percentile2014 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 51–13; defense 26.6 percentile2014 Week 15: Kansas State at Baylor · L 27–38; defense 5.3 percentile2014 Week 1: Kansas State vs. UCLA · L 35–40; defense 8.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Kansas State vs. South Dakota · W 34–0; defense 65.1 percentile2015 Week 2: Kansas State at UTSA · W 30–3; defense 98.6 percentile2015 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Louisiana Tech · W 39–33; defense 74.5 percentile2015 Week 5: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · L 34–36; defense 44.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Kansas State vs. TCU · L 45–52; defense 14.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · L 0–55; defense 25.2 percentile2015 Week 8: Kansas State at Texas · L 9–23; defense 56.2 percentile2015 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Baylor · L 24–31; defense 52.3 percentile2015 Week 11: Kansas State at Texas Tech · L 44–59; defense 12.9 percentile2015 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · W 38–35; defense 30.3 percentile2015 Week 13: Kansas State at Kansas · W 45–14; defense 68.8 percentile2015 Week 14: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · W 24–23; defense 72.9 percentile2015 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Arkansas · L 23–45; defense 2.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Kansas State at Stanford · L 13–26; defense 53.1 percentile2016 Week 4: Kansas State vs. Missouri State · W 35–0; defense 88.3 percentile2016 Week 5: Kansas State at West Virginia · L 16–17; defense 78.8 percentile2016 Week 6: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 44–38; defense 58.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Kansas State at Oklahoma · L 17–38; defense 38.4 percentile2016 Week 8: Kansas State vs. Texas · W 24–21; defense 77.8 percentile2016 Week 9: Kansas State at Iowa State · W 31–26; defense 51.9 percentile2016 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · L 37–43; defense 5.2 percentile2016 Week 12: Kansas State at Baylor · W 42–21; defense 85.6 percentile2016 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 34–19; defense 30.4 percentile2016 Week 14: Kansas State at TCU · W 30–6; defense 94.9 percentile2016 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Texas A&M · W 33–28; defense 56.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Central Arkansas · W 55–19; defense 7.2 percentile2017 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Charlotte · W 55–7; defense 56.6 percentile2017 Week 3: Kansas State at Vanderbilt · L 7–14; defense 82.3 percentile2017 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Baylor · W 33–20; defense 49.2 percentile2017 Week 6: Kansas State at Texas · L 34–40; defense 26.1 percentile2017 Week 7: Kansas State vs. TCU · L 6–26; defense 61.8 percentile2017 Week 8: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · L 35–42; defense 47.8 percentile2017 Week 9: Kansas State at Kansas · W 30–20; defense 28.2 percentile2017 Week 11: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · L 23–28; defense 39.0 percentile2017 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · W 20–19; defense 19.1 percentile2017 Week 1: Kansas State vs. UCLA · W 35–17; defense 83.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Kansas State vs. South Dakota · W 27–24; defense 50.5 percentile2018 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Mississippi State · L 10–31; defense 1.7 percentile2018 Week 3: Kansas State vs. UTSA · W 41–17; defense 52.7 percentile2018 Week 4: Kansas State at West Virginia · L 6–35; defense 11.6 percentile2018 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Texas · L 14–19; defense 73.3 percentile2018 Week 6: Kansas State at Baylor · L 34–37; defense 25.3 percentile2018 Week 7: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 31–12; defense 62.6 percentile2018 Week 9: Kansas State at Oklahoma · L 14–51; defense 8.1 percentile2018 Week 10: Kansas State at TCU · L 13–14; defense 85.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 21–17; defense 48.7 percentile2018 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 21–6; defense 97.4 percentile2018 Week 13: Kansas State at Iowa State · L 38–42; defense 23.8 percentile2019 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Nicholls · W 49–14; defense 16.1 percentile2019 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Bowling Green · W 52–0; defense 93.7 percentile2019 Week 3: Kansas State at Mississippi State · W 31–24; defense 76.9 percentile2019 Week 5: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · L 13–26; defense 31.0 percentile2019 Week 6: Kansas State vs. Baylor · L 12–31; defense 56.8 percentile2019 Week 8: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 24–17; defense 51.2 percentile2019 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · W 48–41; defense 19.9 percentile2019 Week 10: Kansas State at Kansas · W 38–10; defense 76.0 percentile2019 Week 11: Kansas State at Texas · L 24–27; defense 43.4 percentile2019 Week 12: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · L 20–24; defense 41.7 percentile2019 Week 13: Kansas State at Texas Tech · W 30–27; defense 37.9 percentile2019 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · W 27–17; defense 97.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Navy · L 17–20; defense 55.6 percentile2020 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Arkansas State · L 31–35; defense 35.3 percentile2020 Week 4: Kansas State at Oklahoma · W 38–35; defense 56.4 percentile2020 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 31–21; defense 23.5 percentile2020 Week 6: Kansas State at TCU · W 21–14; defense 71.7 percentile2020 Week 8: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 55–14; defense 46.3 percentile2020 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · L 18–20; defense 95.1 percentile2020 Week 12: Kansas State at Iowa State · L 0–45; defense 18.6 percentile2020 Week 13: Kansas State at Baylor · L 31–32; defense 25.8 percentile2020 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Texas · L 31–69; defense 2.7 percentile2021 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Stanford · W 24–7; defense 80.0 percentile2021 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Southern Illinois · W 31–23; defense 19.9 percentile2021 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Nevada · W 38–17; defense 56.5 percentile2021 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma · L 31–37; defense 36.4 percentile2021 Week 7: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · L 20–33; defense 32.1 percentile2021 Week 8: Kansas State at Texas Tech · W 25–24; defense 83.3 percentile2021 Week 10: Kansas State at Kansas · W 35–10; defense 49.5 percentile2021 Week 11: Kansas State vs. West Virginia · W 34–17; defense 56.1 percentile2021 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Baylor · L 10–20; defense 49.7 percentile2021 Week 13: Kansas State at Texas · L 17–22; defense 46.2 percentile2021 Week 1: Kansas State vs. LSU · W 42–20; defense 48.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas State vs. South Dakota · W 34–0; defense 74.6 percentile2022 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Missouri · W 40–12; defense 97.9 percentile2022 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Tulane · L 10–17; defense 91.9 percentile2022 Week 4: Kansas State at Oklahoma · W 41–34; defense 25.2 percentile2022 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · W 37–28; defense 50.3 percentile2022 Week 6: Kansas State at Iowa State · W 10–9; defense 76.9 percentile2022 Week 8: Kansas State at TCU · L 28–38; defense 35.2 percentile2022 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 48–0; defense 95.1 percentile2022 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Texas · L 27–34; defense 29.3 percentile2022 Week 12: Kansas State at West Virginia · W 48–31; defense 35.8 percentile2022 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 47–27; defense 60.8 percentile2022 Week 14: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 31–28; defense 57.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Alabama · L 20–45; defense 12.4 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Southeast Missouri State · W 45–0; defense 87.9 percentile2023 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Troy · W 42–13; defense 92.7 percentile2023 Week 3: Kansas State at Missouri · L 27–30; defense 85.9 percentile2023 Week 4: Kansas State vs. UCF · W 44–31; defense 55.6 percentile2023 Week 6: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · L 21–29; defense 80.4 percentile2023 Week 7: Kansas State at Texas Tech · W 38–21; defense 55.4 percentile2023 Week 8: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 41–3; defense 91.0 percentile2023 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Houston · W 41–0; defense 90.9 percentile2023 Week 10: Kansas State at Texas · L 30–33; defense 80.2 percentile2023 Week 11: Kansas State vs. Baylor · W 59–25; defense 74.5 percentile2023 Week 12: Kansas State at Kansas · W 31–27; defense 17.0 percentile2023 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · L 35–42; defense 21.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Kansas State vs. NC State · W 28–19; defense 33.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Kansas State vs. UT Martin · W 41–6; defense 82.1 percentile2024 Week 3: Kansas State vs. Arizona · W 31–7; defense 78.4 percentile2024 Week 4: Kansas State at BYU · L 9–38; defense 64.5 percentile2024 Week 5: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State · W 42–20; defense 77.4 percentile2024 Week 7: Kansas State at Colorado · W 31–28; defense 32.2 percentile2024 Week 8: Kansas State at West Virginia · W 45–18; defense 95.8 percentile2024 Week 9: Kansas State vs. Kansas · W 29–27; defense 40.2 percentile2024 Week 10: Kansas State at Houston · L 19–24; defense 64.9 percentile2024 Week 12: Kansas State vs. Arizona State · L 14–24; defense 71.8 percentile2024 Week 13: Kansas State vs. Cincinnati · W 41–15; defense 71.0 percentile2024 Week 14: Kansas State at Iowa State · L 21–29; defense 89.3 percentile2024 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Rutgers · W 44–41; defense 52.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Iowa State · L 21–24; defense 80.6 percentile2025 Week 1: Kansas State vs. North Dakota · W 38–35; defense 29.5 percentile2025 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Army · L 21–24; defense 78.3 percentile2025 Week 6: Kansas State at Baylor · L 34–35; defense 51.0 percentile2025 Week 7: Kansas State vs. TCU · W 41–28; defense 65.9 percentile2025 Week 9: Kansas State at Kansas · W 42–17; defense 85.1 percentile2025 Week 10: Kansas State vs. Texas Tech · L 20–43; defense 62.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Kansas State at Oklahoma State · W 14–6; defense 38.6 percentile2025 Week 13: Kansas State at Utah · L 47–51; defense 17.9 percentile2025 Week 14: Kansas State vs. Colorado · W 24–14; defense 61.5 percentile2026 Week 1: Kansas State vs. Nicholls · W 71–3; defense 84.5 percentile2026 Week 2: Kansas State vs. Washington State · W 34–7; defense 77.7 percentile2014 defense season mean: 55.8 percentile2015 defense season mean: 46.9 percentile2016 defense season mean: 61.5 percentile2017 defense season mean: 44.5 percentile2018 defense season mean: 43.1 percentile2019 defense season mean: 56.8 percentile2020 defense season mean: 40.0 percentile2021 defense season mean: 51.2 percentile2022 defense season mean: 61.7 percentile2023 defense season mean: 70.1 percentile2024 defense season mean: 71.1 percentile2025 defense season mean: 57.9 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 63.2 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 81.3 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2019Chris Klieman
2026Collin Klein

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateCollin KleinCoaching change2
66.3 estimate88.7 games-only average
63.2 estimate81.3 games-only average
2025Chris Klieman1058.857.9
2024Chris Klieman1268.571.1
2023Chris Klieman1374.470.1
2022Chris Klieman1364.761.7
2021Chris Klieman1172.751.2
2020Chris Klieman947.040.0
2019Chris KliemanCoaching change1339.656.8
2018Bill Snyder1237.243.1
2017Bill Snyder1144.644.5
2016Bill Snyder1257.461.5
2015Bill Snyder1336.646.9
2014Bill Snyder1364.155.8