Kansas State football final score prediction at Colorado

While some of us have seen Colorado as a Big 12 contender for months, the rest of the college football world has come to believe that the Buffs are a good football team. CU can make another statement at home against Kansas State.

The Wildcats were picked as early favorites and were ranked second in the Big 12 Football preseason poll. Still, Kansas State finds itself in a perilous position with an unexpected loss to the BYU Cougars heading into Saturday night's (8:15 p.m. MT, ESPN) matchup with the Buffs.

Due to injuries and upsets, CU (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) is among the Big 12's five undefeated teams in conference play, joining Iowa State, Texas Tech, BYU and West Virginia. Of those four others, Texas Tech is the only team Colorado will face in its remaining schedule.

The Buffs have a far better offense than BYU, so I think they will play better than the Cougars did against Kansas State, but the Wildcats will probably protect the ball better than they did in Provo. I'm optimistic that the Buffs will be able to stop KSU's rushing attack while finding holes in the Wildcats' defense.

Final Score Prediction: CU wins this Big 12 After Dark matchup 34-24.

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