Kansas State Football: Way too early look at 2020 schedule

By Leigh Oleszczak | May 25, 2020

MANHATTAN, KS - NOVEMBER 16: Players of the Kansas State Wildcats run onto the field prior to a game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium on November 16, 2019 in Manhattan, Kansas. (Photo by Peter G. Aiken/Getty Images) /

Kansas State football did well in the first year of the Chris Klieman era and will hopefully get a chance to have an even better season in 2020. What does their regular season schedule look like this year?

Assuming there is college football in the fall and the games go on as scheduled, the Kansas State Wildcats should have a good chance to have another respectable season. They were able to make it to a bowl game in year one under Chris Klieman and the hope is that the Wildcats will get to play football in the fall and continue to build things under their new head coach.

K-State plays the same conference opponents every year with it just switching who hosts the game and who’s on the road each year obviously. The non-conference opponents, however, are typically different.

The Wildcats open the 2020 season with three straight home games against non-conference opponents, opening the year against Buffalo (MAC), North Dakota (FCS), and Vanderbilt (SEC). Obviously playing at home is a big advantage, but Buffalo and Vanderbilt will be tougher opponents. KSU should be able to handle North Dakota with ease.

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Hopefully after those three games, K-State is 3-0 when they hit the road for their first conference game of the year, which will take place in Morgantown against West Virginia. They follow that up with two home games in a row – one against Texas and one against in-state foe Kansas.

Next up is a trip to Fort Worth to play TCU and then a bye week before hitting the road yet again, this time to Ames for a date with Iowa State. Three of Kansas State’s final four games will be played in Manhattan (those games being against Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, and Baylor). The final road game is against Oklahoma and that one is sandwiched in between Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.

Playing in the Big 12 Conference means that Kansas State football plays everyone in their conference every single season. That can be good and bad, but this year it should be good for the Wildcats. Klieman has now had a year under his belt of facing Big 12 teams and knows more of what to expect now. His team was able to knock off Oklahoma in 2019, which was the Sooners’ only regular season loss, so that game isn’t even all that fearsome.

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Hopefully there is college football in the fall and the Kansas State Wildcats can continue to play well under Chris Klieman.

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