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Kansas Jayhawks
2-3, 2-3 ATS
at
Sat Oct 17 · 12 PMFS1FOX OneBill Snyder Family Stadium

The number

Spread
KU +3.5 -108
KSU -3.5 -112
Open KSU -6.5 moved 3
Fair, no vig: KU +102 / KSU -102 (hold 4.8%)
Best: KU +4.5 -122 at FanDuel; KSU -3.5 -105 at theScore Bet
Total
Over 55.5 -108
Under 55.5 -113
Fair, no vig: O +102 / U -102 (hold 5.0%)
Best: O 55.5 -105 at DraftKings; U 55.5 -108 at FanDuel
Moneyline
KU +149
KSU -176
Fair, no vig: KU +159 / KSU -159 (hold 3.9%)
Best: KU +160 at Hard Rock Bet; KSU -155 at theScore Bet

Updated Fri 3:40 PM ET Consensus of 9 US books: the line most books are dealing, with the middle price. Lines move. Check your book before you bet. Fair odds strip out the book's cut so you can see the price the market really implies.

Every book (9)
BookKUKSUOverUnderKU MLKSU ML
DraftKings+3.5-108-3.5-112o55.5-105u55.5-115+145-175
FanDuel+4.5-122-4.5+100o55.5-112u55.5-108+140-170
BetMGM+3.5-110-3.5-108o55.5-105u55.5-112+140-165
Caesars+3.5-105-3.5-115o55.5-109u55.5-112+149-176
theScore Bet+3.5-115-3.5-105o55.5-105u55.5-115+135-155
BetRivers+4-114-4-109o55.5-109u55.5-114+160-200
Hard Rock Bet+3.5-105-3.5-115o55.5-110u55.5-110+160-200
Bally Bet+4-113-4-108o55.5-108u55.5-113+160-200
betPARX+4-113-4-108o55.5-108u55.5-113+160-200

Highlighted: the best number on each side. Legal US sportsbooks only.

Line movement

Key numbers crossed: none (KSU -6.5 to KSU -3.5).

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KSU line, game-week open to now. Dashed lines are key numbers.
54555657OpenNow
Total, game-week open to now.

Injury report

From the Big 12 availability report (Thursday report). Posted Thu 10 PM ET. Posted at 10 PM ET the three nights before the game and 90 minutes before kickoff. We check every 30 minutes. See the official report

Kansas
Out
  • Keaton Kubecka WR
  • Syeed Gibbs CB
Questionable
  • Cole Ballard QB
  • Connor Stroh OL
Probable

Carter Moses (TE), Eamon Smalls (DT), Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman (S)

Kansas State
Out
  • Blake Barnett QB
Doubtful
  • Kaleb Patterson CB
Questionable
  • Dillon Duff QB
  • Garrett Oakley TE
Probable

Jacobi Oliphant Jr. (LB)

What changed and what the line did

  1. Line moved 1 pt toward KU (KSU -4.5 to KSU -3.5).

Lines from our snapshots of 10 legal US books. A move right after news doesn't prove the news caused it, but it's usually why.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

Spread1 capper on K-State
Kansas 01 K-State
Moneyline1 capper on Kansas
Kansas 10 K-State

Each capper counts once. See their picks

Tracker bettors

Shows up once 10 people log a bet on this game. Log yours

Want sportsbook bets % and money %? DraftKings posts theirs free: DK betting splits. We quote a few big games by hand when we can. Tracker counts are anonymous: no names, and private bets stay private.

Common opponents

No common opponents yet this season.

Last season (2025): 6 common opponents
Opponent Kansas K-State
Arizona
L 20-24 away
-4 · +6.5 Covered
L 17-23 away
-6 · -1.5 Didn't cover
Iowa St
L 14-38 away
-24 · +3.5 Didn't cover
L 21-24 neutral
-3 · -2.5 Didn't cover
Oklahoma St
W 38-21 home
+17 · -24.5 Didn't cover
W 14-6 away
+8 · -19.5 Didn't cover
Texas Tech
L 17-42 away
-25 · +13.5 Didn't cover
L 20-43 home
-23 · +7.5 Didn't cover
UCF
W 27-20 away
+7 · -3.5 Covered
W 34-20 home
+14 · -5.5 Covered
Utah
L 21-31 home
-10 · +10 Push
L 47-51 away
-4 · +18.5 Covered

Against 6 common opponents: Kansas lost by 6.5 on average, 2-3-1 against the spread. K-State lost by 2.3 on average, 2-4 against the spread.

What the public cappers like

Spread
0 Kansas1 K-State
K-State -4.51
Rico Bosco 1u*Line -4.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 48-35 · Original post
Total
No picks
Moneyline
1 Kansas0 K-State
Kansas1
Tom Fornelli 1uPrice +175 · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 2:01 PM ET · Record 41-48-1 · Original post

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

Betting form, 2026

Kansas WLLWL

ATSTotals
All games2-3 40%Small sample3-2 60% overSmall sample
Road0-1 0%Small sample1-0 100% overSmall sample
As underdog0-3 0%Small sample
Last 52-3 40%Small sample

5 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Kansas State WWLLL

ATSTotals
All games2-3 40%Small sample3-2 60% overSmall sample
Home2-2 50%Small sample2-2 50% overSmall sample
As favorite2-3 40%Small sample
Last 52-3 40%Small sample

5 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Head to head since 2019

DateScoreCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 25, 2025KSU 42, KU 17KU -3.5KSU covered55.5Over
Oct 26, 2024KU 27, KSU 29KSU -9.5KU covered55.5Over
Nov 18, 2023KSU 31, KU 27KSU -7KU covered60.5Under
Nov 26, 2022KU 27, KSU 47KSU -12KSU covered62Over
Nov 6, 2021KSU 35, KU 10KSU -24KSU covered55.5Under
Oct 24, 2020KU 14, KSU 55KSU -19KSU covered46.5Over
Nov 2, 2019KSU 38, KU 10KSU -5KSU covered55Under

Kansas 2-5 ATS in these meetings. 7 meetings is not a trend, and rosters turn over. Closing lines from ESPN's archive.

Side by side

KUKSU
2-3Record3-2
2-3Against the spread2-3
3-2Over-under3-2
+3.6Avg cover margin-1.2
33.6Points per game35.6
21.8Points allowed19.2
6.55Yards per play6.32
475.6Yards per game444.0
5.20Rush yards per carry6.00
55.6Completion %64.5
40.6Third down %61.6
+2Turnover margin+0
5Sacks allowed2
65.8Penalty yards per game37.6

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

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