Baylor vs. Kansas State

Baylor and Kansas State have 22 meetings on file, the first in 1969; the series is tied 11–⁠11 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Baylor 6–⁠4.

Baylor wins
11
Kansas State wins
11
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1969
Longest streak
5 Kansas State
Current streak
1 Baylor
Last 10 meetings
Baylor 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠2
2000s1–⁠3
2010s7–⁠3
2020s3–⁠2
Both ranked
1 meeting: Baylor 1, Kansas State 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
19.1 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Baylor
7–⁠5 Baylor’s record at home
At Kansas State
6–⁠4 Kansas State’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Baylor’s biggest win2012: Baylor 52, Kansas State 24by 28 points
  2. Kansas State’s biggest win1998: Kansas State 49, Baylor 6by 43 points
  3. Upset2012: Baylor 52, Kansas State 24Baylor had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2016: Kansas State 42, Baylor 21Kansas State had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2022: Kansas State 31, Baylor 3Kansas State had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2014: Baylor 38, Kansas State 27No. 9 Kansas State at No. 5 Baylor

Coach against coach

YearsBaylorSeriesKansas State
2010–⁠2015Art Briles5–⁠1Bill Snyder
2020–⁠2025Dave Aranda3–⁠2Chris Klieman

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Briles 5–⁠1 against Snyder). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Baylor and Kansas State, 1969 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Robert Griffin III Baylor26 of 38, 404 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT2010 Passing
Bryce Petty Baylor34 of 40, 412 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT2014 Passing
Alex Barnes Kansas State22 carries, 250 yards, 3 TD2018 Rushing
Jay Finley Baylor26 carries, 250 yards, 2 TD2010 Rushing
Daniel Sams Kansas State30 carries, 199 yards, 3 TD2013 Rushing
Corey Coleman Baylor11 catches, 216 yards, 2 TD2015 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2014.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 4, 2025Baylor 35, Kansas State 34at Baylor
Nov 11, 2023Kansas State 59, Baylor 25at Kansas State
Nov 12, 202223Kansas State 31, Baylor 3at Baylor
Nov 20, 202111Baylor 20, Kansas State 10at Kansas State
Nov 28, 2020Baylor 32, Kansas State 31at Baylor
Oct 5, 2019Baylor 31, Kansas State 12at Kansas State
Oct 6, 2018Baylor 37, Kansas State 34at Baylor
Sep 30, 2017Kansas State 33, Baylor 20at Kansas State
Nov 19, 2016Kansas State 42, Baylor 21at Baylor
Nov 5, 20152Baylor 31, Kansas State 24at Kansas State
Dec 6, 20145Baylor 38, 9Kansas State 27at Baylor
Oct 12, 201315Baylor 35, Kansas State 25at Kansas State
Nov 17, 2012Baylor 52, 2Kansas State 24at Baylor
Oct 1, 2011Kansas State 36, 15Baylor 35at Kansas State
Oct 23, 2010Baylor 47, Kansas State 42at Baylor
Oct 27, 2007Kansas State 51, Baylor 13at Kansas State
Sep 30, 2006Baylor 17, Kansas State 3at Baylor
Nov 1, 2003Kansas State 38, Baylor 10at Kansas State
Oct 26, 200220Kansas State 44, Baylor 10at Baylor
Oct 30, 19996Kansas State 48, Baylor 7at Kansas State
Nov 7, 19984Kansas State 49, Baylor 6at Baylor
Sep 20, 1969Kansas State 45, Baylor 15at Baylor

Every game is listed as played on the field.