K State

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder says he isn't happy about having to come to Miami this weekend. The Wildcats' scheduling history offers some hints why. This is only the ninth time in the last 16 seasons that Kansas State is hitting the road for a September nonconference game. And the Hurricanes figure to provide Kansas State with a considerably tougher test than Eastern Kentucky and Kent State did for the first two games of the Wildcats' season. Miami is coming off a 24-6 win over Ohio State and looking its first two-game winning streak since October.

Clemson and Kansas State tumbled in The Associated Press college football poll after losing for the first time this season, and the top five teams in the rankings held their ground heading into the showdown between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama. Clemson slipped five spots after losing 31-17 at Georgia Tech and Kansas State fell seven spots to No. 17 after getting thumped 58-17 by Oklahoma. LSU received 47 first-place votes from the media panel, Alabama had 10 and No. 5 Boise State had one. No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 4 Stanford held on to their spots after victories, while the Broncos were idle.

Rodney McGruder scored 20 points and Will Spradling added 15 as No. 16 Kansas State defeated Oklahoma 69-60 on Saturday in a matchup of unbeaten Big 12 teams. Romero Osby and Amath M'Baye both scored 12 points for Oklahoma. The Sooners (12-4, 3-1) kept pace with the Wildcats most of the way thanks to snagging 36 rebounds to Kansas State's 24. That would not be enough to counteract the damage done by turnovers; Oklahoma gave the ball away 16 times. Even so, Kansas State (15-2, 4-0)

Daniel Thomas rushed for 235 yards and two touchdowns and Kansas State rallied for a 31-22 victory over UCLA Saturday before a crowd of 51,059, the biggest for a home opener in Wildcat history. There were three touchdowns in the final 123 seconds and Kansas State had two, including Thomas' 35-yard gallop after the Wildcats fell on UCLA's onside kick. Thomas, the Big 12's leading rusher last year, set up scores with several big runs, including one for 44 yards and another for 29. His 28 carries and 235 yards were both career highs.

Stanford's first win of the season against a ranked team helped Andrew Luck and the Cardinal move up in the BCS standings. K-State fell out of the top ten with a 58-17 loss to Oklahoma, Saturday, down to 14. While LSU (8-0), Alabama (8-0) and Oklahoma State (8-0) remained locked into the top three spots in the standings released Sunday, Stanford moved up two places to fourth after beating Southern California 56-48 in triple overtime. Boise State (7-0) slipped a spot to fifth, while Clemson (7-1)

The Kansas State Wildcats defeated the Wichita State Shockers, 5-2 on Wednesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats scored all four runs in the third inning to improve to 19-13 and the defeat dropped Wichita State to 21-15 on the season. Blake Freeman (2-1) earned the win and James Allen earned his tenth save of the season for Kansas State. TJ McGreevy (0-1) took the loss for the Shockers. He went 3.2 innings and allowed four runs (one earned) on three hits. The Shockers wasted no time in the first inning when Tyler Grimes led off with a single up the middle and Kevin Hall followed with a double to plate Grimes.

Kansas State looks to win for the eighth time in ten starts on Saturday when they host Texas A&M.  A football team never wants to measure progress while losing, but the 'Cats may have gained in national perception after their 52-45 loss at 3 rd ranked Oklahoma St. last weekend. Despite the loss KSU remained 14 th in the BCS poll and with a win over A&M they would set themselves up for a nice payday come bowl season. Headed to the SEC next year, Texas A&M's exit strategy hasn't been particularly graceful.

Jacob Pullen scored a career-high 38 points and Kansas State shot 56 percent from the field Monday night en route to a stunning 84-68 victory over Kansas, which moved to No. 1 just hours earlier. Pullen, a 6-foot senior who ranks in the top five in 17 career categories for Kansas State, had 23 points in a take-charge first half that propelled the Wildcats (17-9, 5-6 Big 12) to a nine-point halftime lead. Hundreds of fans stormed the court when the buzzer sounded on Kansas State's third victory in its last 45 games against an archrival that has dominated the Wildcats for decades.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Kansas State men's basketball coach Bruce Weber hired Chris Lowery, who worked for him at Southern Illinois, as an assistant. Lowery was 145-116 in eight seasons as head coach of Southern Illinois, where he was fired last month. “I'm really excited about Chris joining the coaching staff,” said Weber.  “He has been with me at both Southern Illinois and Illinois as an assistant coach and we have a great relationship, which is critical in building a staff.  He is an outstanding recruiter with great ties to the Midwest and will be a huge asset in helping us to establish a great recruiting base.  He also has the added experience of being a head coach for eight years at SIU, which is only going to help me on the bench.  I look forward to K-State Nation getting to know Chris and his family.” Kansas State said Thursday that contract details are being finalized, but he'll earn a base salary of $210,000 for 2012-13.

TCU's best chance to catch Oregon and Auburn in the BCS standings came and went, and the Horned Frogs are still chasing the top two. TCU closed the gap on the first-place Ducks and second-place Tigers, and widened its advantage on fourth-place Boise State on Sunday, a day after a resounding 47-7 victory at previously unbeaten Utah. The Horned Frogs' BCS average is .9259 after coming in third in both the Harris and coaches' polls and second in the computer ratings. Oregon (.9638)