Despite the close victory against FCS Southern Illinois, the K-State Wildcats are still receiving votes in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll. The Wildcats received 30 votes in the AP poll, ranking number 33, and 28 votes in the Coaches poll, ranking number 36. Kirk Bohl’s released his AP ballot and he has K-State at number 18. You can view both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll here.
K-State escaped with a 31-23 victory over Southern Illinois on Saturday night, a night in which starting quarterback Skylar Thompson appeared to suffer a serious knee injury in the first quarter and may be out for the remainder of the season. We probably won’t know for sure until Monday at the earliest. The defense came up big in the second half, holding SIU scoreless and scoring just enough on offense to secure the eight-point victory. Here are some quotes of…
According to Sports Media Watch, approximately 312,000 people watched Saturday’s K-State/Stanford AT&T Kickoff Classic on television. It was the lowest-rated game that day in which two Power 5 programs played each other. Was it worth it to move this game to Dallas? We were told a big reason for the move was television revenue and ratings. Scheduling the game on FS1 at 11:00 AM probably didn’t help, but this is a lower number of people than what K-State football games…
K-State Football received 13 votes in this week’s AP poll and 19 votes in the Coaches Poll. That makes them ranked 36th in the AP and 39th in the Coaches Poll. To see the full polls, click here.
This past weekend I took a trip down to Arlington to watch the kickoff classic between K-State and Stanford. It was awesome to see so much purple everywhere! I estimate about 25,000 K-State fans made the trip. They were loud, boisterous, and thrilled to see their Wildcats in action. The atmosphere at the game was amazing. K-State fans also packed the Texas Live bar and restaurant district near the stadium both Friday night and Saturday after the game. It was…