The Wildcats played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas, and competed in the Big 12 Conference.

In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Kansas State was predicted to finish in ninth in the standings.

Source:[2] Kansas State scored touchdowns on their first four possessions and were successful 10 of 12 attempts on third down in 80 offensive plays.

ESPN Reported: "The Wildcats looked a lot like Klieman's teams at North Dakota State, winning the battle in the trenches and rotating running backs every couple of plays.

The Colonel's Kendall Bussey and Julien Gums both produced second-half touchdown runs to put their team on the board, but it wasn't nearly enough.

They almost missed that goal early in the third quarter, when K-State's Phillip Brooks dropped the first of two punts in the game.

[6] Kansas State led 31-0 and put up over 300 yards of total offense before the game was halfway through the second quarter.

Leading most of the game, Kansas State found itself trailing for the first time all season late in the third quarter.

Both teams committed 3 turnovers and 7 penalties and Mississippi State controlled the game clock, holding possession for 33:05 to K-States 26:55.

[11] After the first three games, the Orlando Sentinel named Kansas State as one of five "surprising starts" for college football teams.

[16] Baylor's defense proved formidable and produced two turnovers, while their offense completed a balanced run game.

[18] Both Texas Christian and Kansas State entered the game having a week off from the regular season schedule.

[23] Oklahoma's cornerback Parnell Motley was ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct after kicking a Kansas State player.

Kansas State's Eric Gallon forced a key fumble on a kick return but in process suffered a severe knee injury and he missed the rest of the game.

[23] Oklahoma worked toward a fourth-quarter comeback, calling and recovering an onside kick with 1:43 left in the fourth quarter while down by seven points.

[29] After the win and becoming bowl eligible, ESPN analysts Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach both projected that Kansas State will play Notre Dame in the Camping World Bowl on December 28 in Orlando, Florida as a part of their Week 10 predictions[30] Chris Low of ESPN commented that Kansas State is "going to be a tough out for anybody it faces the rest of the way" and that "the Wildcats are as fundamentally sound as it gets when it comes to running the ball and stopping the run."

[31] Kansas State's projected bowl opponents Notre Dame (ranked #15 after this week) "did not exactly play an inspired game in a come-from-behind win over Virginia Tech" according to ESPN Analyst Andrea Adelson.

[33] On that same day, Texas football quarterback Sam Ehlinger was named a semifinalist for the 2019 Wuerffel Trophy.

[34] The game started with Kansas State taking a 14-point lead in the first quarter and allowed Texas to score a touchdown, making it 14–7 at halftime.

Each team added 10 more points in the fourth quarter to make the final score a Texas win 27–24, punctuated with a 26-yard game-winning field goal by the Longhorn's Cameron Dicker just as the clock ran out.

[36] Kansas State started strong, holding West Virginia to "three-and-out" and then Skylar Thompson threw a 68-yard touchdown pass on their first play from scrimmage.

[36] West Virginia cornerback Hakeem Bailey intercepted Skylar Thompson's pass toward the end zone in the closing seconds of the game.

The very next play, Texas Tech was intercepted in the end zone by Kansas State's Denzel Goolsby to stop the drive.

In the fourth quarter, Kansas State was able to pull ahead 24-17 after an eight-play rushing drive ended in a touchdown with 10:24 left in the game.