If College Football Had A Playoff: No. 9 Wisconsin At No. 8 Kansas State

by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 13, 2011 11:00 AM PST in If College Football Had a Playoff

LSU easily won the first matchup, and now we move onto the No. 9 seeded Wisconsin Badgers traveling to the No. 8 seeded Kansas St. Wildcats. Kansas State is an odd team in that they score points on offense, but do not put up huge yards and their defense is an average team. It just seems that their quarterback Collin Klein gets things done either running or passing.

Even thought Kansas State is the higher seed, I think Wisconsin could out muscle them on the line of scrimmage and they have Heisman finalist Motnee Ball to run up against the Kansas State defense. However, in saying that I think Kansas State would somehow make it a close game when it is all said and done. Plus, playing at home in Manhattan, Kan., gives Kansas State a unique home field advantage.

Kansas State	Wisconsin
33.1 PPG	44.6 PPG
343.4Total YPG	466.9 Total YPG
193.67 Rushing YPG	237.38 Rushing YPG
149.80 Passings YPG	229.5 Passing YPG
27.8 Points allowed per game	17.0 Points allowed
398.8 Yards allowed per game	292.8 Yards allowed per game
131.5 Rushing yards allowed per game	137.85 Rushing yards allowed per game
267.3 Passing yards allowed per game	155.0 Passing yards allowed per game
+13 Turnover margin	+16 turnover margin
1.58 Sacks per game	1.77 Sacks per game