Kansas State vs. West Virginia

Kansas State and West Virginia have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1930; Kansas State leads the series 8–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Kansas State has won the last 3.

Scheduled 2027 at Kansas State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Kansas State wins
8
West Virginia wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1930
Longest streak
5 Kansas State
Current streak
3 Kansas State
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠1
2010s4–⁠4
2020s3–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Kansas State 1, West Virginia 0
Average margin
16.6 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas State
3–⁠2 Kansas State’s record at home
At West Virginia
4–⁠5 West Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas State’s biggest win2012: Kansas State 55, West Virginia 14by 41 points
  2. West Virginia’s biggest win2018: West Virginia 35, Kansas State 6by 29 points
  3. Upset2019: West Virginia 24, Kansas State 20West Virginia had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown2012: Kansas State 55, West Virginia 14No. 4 Kansas State at No. 17 West Virginia

Coach against coach

YearsKansas StateSeriesWest Virginia
2012–⁠2018Bill Snyder4–⁠3Dana Holgorsen
2019–⁠2024Chris Klieman3–⁠2Neal Brown

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas State’s side (Snyder 4–⁠3 against Holgorsen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas State and West Virginia, 1930 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

Tyler Lockett Kansas State9 catches, 194 yards, 2 TD2012 Receiving
Ka’Raun White West Virginia8 catches, 168 yards, 2 TD2017 Receiving
Tyler Lockett Kansas State10 catches, 196 yards2014 Receiving

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

Every game

Oct 19, 202417Kansas State 45, West Virginia 18at West Virginia
Nov 19, 202219Kansas State 48, West Virginia 31at West Virginia
Nov 13, 2021Kansas State 34, West Virginia 17at Kansas State
Oct 31, 2020West Virginia 37, 16Kansas State 10at West Virginia
Nov 16, 2019West Virginia 24, Kansas State 20at Kansas State
Sep 22, 201812West Virginia 35, Kansas State 6at West Virginia
Nov 11, 201723West Virginia 28, Kansas State 23at Kansas State
Oct 1, 2016West Virginia 17, Kansas State 16at West Virginia
Dec 5, 2015Kansas State 24, West Virginia 23at Kansas State
Nov 20, 201412Kansas State 26, West Virginia 20at West Virginia
Oct 26, 2013Kansas State 35, West Virginia 12at Kansas State
Oct 20, 20124Kansas State 55, 17West Virginia 14at West Virginia
Oct 31, 1931Kansas State 19, West Virginia 0at West Virginia
Nov 8, 1930West Virginia 23, Kansas State 7at West Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.