Kansas State vs. UCLA

Kansas State and UCLA have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2009; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

Kansas State wins
2
UCLA wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2009
Longest streak
1 UCLA
Current streak
1 Kansas State
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
2017

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s0–⁠1
2010s2–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Kansas State 0, UCLA 1
Average margin
11.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas State
1–⁠0 Kansas State’s record at home
At UCLA
1–⁠0 UCLA’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Kansas State first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas State and UCLA, 2009 on1300150017002010201520202025

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

Daniel Thomas Kansas State28 carries, 234 yards, 2 TD2010 Rushing

Named most valuable

Denzel Goolsby (S Kansas State2017
Paul Perkins UCLA2014
Eric Kendricks UCLA2014

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 26, 2017Kansas State 35, UCLA 17Chase FieldCactus Bowl
Jan 2, 201514UCLA 40, 11Kansas State 35AlamodomeAlamo Bowl
Sep 4, 2010Kansas State 31, UCLA 22at Kansas State
Sep 19, 2009UCLA 23, Kansas State 9at UCLA

Every game is listed as played on the field.