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Kansas State football 2025 schedule features trip to Ireland and a visit from Army
Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman talks about the Rate Bowl
Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman talks about how important the Rate Bowl is to the Wildcats’ program going forward.
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MANHATTAN — For Kansas State football fans eager to make plans for the upcoming season, the wait is over.
K-State and the Big 12 announced their 2025 schedules on Tuesday and for the second straight year the Wildcats will only play half of their 12 regular season games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
That said, K-State’s slate has a number of notable features, including a nationally featured early start for a rare trip abroad and a home game against a service academy.
As was announced in May, K-State traded a conference home game for a chance to kick off its season on Aug. 23 against Iowa State in Dublin, Ireland in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. That game marks the first time the Wildcats have opened against a conference since the inaugural Big 12 game against Texas Tech in 1996 and is the second-ever international game and first since playing Nebraska in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992.
The Wildcats have no time to recover from jet lag as they face North Dakota in the home opener the following Saturday. The two schools have never met previously.
On Aug. 30, K-State plays host to Army in the first regular season game against a service academy since they entertained the Black Knights in 1987. Their most recent service academy opponent was Navy in the 2019 Liberty Bowl.
The final nonconference game once again comes against Big 12 member Arizona on Sept. 13 in Tucson. That will cap a home-and-home series between the teams that was scheduled before Arizona joined the conference.
K-State will play four conference home games, starting with Central Florida on Sept. 27, with TCU visiting Oct. 11, Texas Tech on Nov. 1 and Colorado for senior day Nov. 29. The Wildcats last played UCF, TCU and Texas Tech two years ago, while they are facing Colorado for the first time at home since 2009, though they beat the Buffaloes on the road last year, 31-28.
The Wildcats’ conference road games are Oct. 4 at Baylor, Oct. 25 at Kansas for the Sunflower Showdown, Nov. 15 with Oklahoma State and Nov. 22 in Salt Lake City for a first-ever meeting with Utah.
All 12 of K-State’s games will take place on Saturdays. By starting early in Ireland, the Wildcats gained a third open date with byes on Sept. 20 before going to Baylor, Oct. 18 before heading to KU, and Nov. 8 before the road trip to Oklahoma State.
K-State football 2025 schedule
Aug. 23 — vs. Iowa State in Dublin, Ireland
Aug. 30 — North Dakota
Sept. 6 — Army
Sept. 13 — at Arizona
Sept. 27 — Central Florida
Oct. 4 — at Baylor
Oct. 11 — TCU
Oct. 25 — at Kansas
Nov. 1 — Texas Tech
Nov. 15 — at Oklahoma State
Nov. 22 — at Utah
Nov. 29 — Colorado
Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on X (formerly Twitter) at @arnegreen.
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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Saturday after Wednesday sub-state wins
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Wednesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.
WIBW Scoreboard
BOYS
6A Boys West Sub-State: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Topeka High 57, Washburn Rural 50 (will play Maize Saturday)
- Junction City 70, Dodge City 56 (will play Derby Saturday)
- Manhattan 58, Wichita-Northwest 56 (will play Wichita-East Saturday)
4A Boys East Sub-State: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rock Creek 62, Louisberg 57 (will play Bishop Miege Saturday)
- Atchison 74, Wamego 43
- Hayden 72, Independence 56 (will play Atchison Saturday)
- Eudora 76, Santa Fe Trail 68
GIRLS
5A West Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Hays 80, Topeka West 18
- Eisenhower 55, Seaman 41
- Kapaun Mt. Carmel 71, Emporia 41
5A East Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Shawnee Heights 89, Sumner 15 (will play Pittsburg Saturday)
- Basehor-Linwood 74, Highland Park 28 (will play Piper Saturday)
3A Pomona-West Franklin Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Osage City 75, Columbus 31 (will play Frontenac Saturday)
3A Sabetha Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Silver Lake 48, Nemaha Central 26 (will play Riley County Saturday)
- Riley County 51, Jeff West 40 (will play Silver Lake)
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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Tuesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.
WIBW Scoreboard
BOYS
5A East Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- KC Washington 68, Highland Park 38
- Shawnee Heights 49, De Soto 37 (will play Leavenworth Friday)
5A West Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Topeka West 55, Hutchinson 32 (will play Bishop Carroll Friday)
- Emporia 61, Great Bend 41 (will play Maize South Friday)
- Seaman 73, Valley Center 51 (will play Hays Friday)
3A West Franklin Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Burlington 60, Osage City 35 (will play Baxter Springs Friday)
3A Sabetha Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Hiawatha 73, Oskaloosa 48 (will play Heritage Christian Friday)
- Silver Lake 58, Sabetha 39 (will play Perry-Lecompton Friday 7:30 p.m.)
GIRLS
6A West Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Washburn Rural 60, Wichita South 32 (will play Derby)
- Topeka High 69, Maize 45 (will play Liberal)
- Manhattan 67, Free State 21 (will play Wichita East)
4A East Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rock Creek 71, Parsons 23 (will play Tonganoxie)
- Wamego 54, Labette County 33 (will play Bishop Miege)
- Hayden 2, Athison 0 (will play Baldwin)
2A Eskridge/Mission Valley Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rossville 71, KC Christian 49 (will play Maur Hill-Mount Academy)
- Lyndon 61, Jeff. Co. North 31 (will play Valley Heights)
- Valley Heights 65, Doniphan West 41 (will play Lyndon)
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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union
In early 2026, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 244, a law which prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms on government property that align with their gender identity and establishes a private right of action that allows anyone who suspects someone is transgender and in violation of the law to sue that person for “damages” totaling $1,000.
The law also invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses with updated gender markers that reflect the carrier’s gender identity. In February 2026, transgender people across the state received letters from the state Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles informing them that their driver’s licenses “will no longer be valid,” effective immediately. SB 244 also prohibits transgender Kansans – or those born in Kansas – from updating the gender marker on state-issued birth certificates and driver’s licenses in the future.
The same day SB 244 went into effect, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed a lawsuit challenging SB 244 in the District Court of Douglas County on behalf of two transgender men who had their driver’s licenses invalidated under the law. The lawsuit charges that SB 244 violates the Kansas Constitution’s protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech.
“The invalidation of state-issued IDs threatens to out transgender people against their will every time they apply for a job, rent an apartment, or interact with police,” said Harper Seldin, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. “Taken as a whole, SB 244 is a transparent attempt to deny transgender people autonomy over their own identities and push them out of public life altogether.”
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