No. 16 Kansas State will open the season by playing Southeast Missouri State for the first time in school history.
Kansas State was the surprising Big 12 champion last season, beating eventual College Football Playoff participant TCU for the title. The Wildcats return quarterback Will Howard, their entire offensive line and several key pieces on defense, though they lost do-everything running back Deuce Vaughn and pass rusher Felix Anudike-Uzomah. The Wildcats hope to build on their Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama against Southeast Missouri State, which is ranked No. 11 in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Kansas State: RBs DJ Giddens and Treshaun Ward will be tasked with replacing Vaughn, the two-time All-American now with the Dallas Cowboys. Gidden ran for 518 yards and six TDs as a freshman last season while Ward is a fifth-year senior who transferred from Florida State, where he ran for 649 yards and seven touchdowns while catching 28 passes for 210 yards and a score.The only ranked Power Five school Southeast Missouri State has faced was No.
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