2013 Record: 8-5

2014 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 8.5

2014 Season Win Total Picks NCAA Football: 'Under'

Odds courtesy of 5Dimes.

Bill Snyder remains one of the best coaches in the country and has been masterful in his second stint with the Wildcats. Kansas State has gone 29-10 the last three years and they are always a player in the Big 12 despite holding firm as a bit of a throwback, physical, run-first attack.

Solid senior signal caller Jake Waters and stud wideout Tyler Lockett return to guide the offense. And even though they have just 11 starters back that is actually more than they welcomed last season. Snyder always relies on a lot of transfer talent as well so this team always has a chance to be better than people expect.

However, I think that Kansas State enters the year as one of the more overrated teams in the league. They do open with four of their first five games at home. But one of those tilts is against defending SEC champion Auburn and the other is against Texas Tech. And from Oct. 18 to Nov. 8 they play one of the toughest four-game stretches in the nation, with road games at Oklahoma and TCU bracketing contests against Texas and Oklahoma State.

The Wildcats finished 8-5 last year. But they were worse than that mark suggests. They are always tough to beat in Manhattan. However, the teams coming to town this season have the sand to knock this Wildcats group around. I don't think this is a nine-win roster so I'll play 'under'.

2014 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule

DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) Location Result

Sat, Aug 30th, 2014 Stephen F Austin 07:10 PM Bill Snyder Stadium

Sat, Sep 6th, 2014 at Iowa State 12:00 PM Jack Trice Stadium

Thu, Sep 18th, 2014 Auburn 07:30 PM Bill Snyder Stadium

Sat, Sep 27th, 2014 Texas-El Paso TBA Bill Snyder Stadium

Sat, Oct 4th, 2014 Texas Tech TBA Bill Snyder Stadium

Sat, Oct 18th, 2014 at Oklahoma TBA Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memo

Sat, Oct 25th, 2014 Texas TBA Bill Snyder Stadium

Sat, Nov 1st, 2014 Oklahoma State TBA Bill Snyder Stadium

Sat, Nov 8th, 2014 at TCU TBA Amon G. Carter Stadium

Thu, Nov 20th, 2014 at West Virginia 07:00 PM Mountaineer Field

Sat, Nov 29th, 2014 Kansas TBA Bill Snyder Family Football St

Sat, Dec 6th, 2014 at Baylor TBA McLane Stadium

All Times EST

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