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Here’s when K-State will play TCU & Kansas will face Texas Tech in Big 12 action

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  • K-State will host TCU at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 11 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium
  • Kansas will face Texas Tech in a 6:30 p.m. road game on FOX that same evening
  • Big 12 and TV partners announced full kickoff schedule for Oct. 11 matchups

The Kansas State football team will host its first afternoon kickoff of the season when the Wildcats play a football game against TCU at 2:30 p.m. on October 11 inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

FOX will televise the Big 12 game to a national viewing audience.

That kickoff time will give K-State a full assortment of game-day options midway through the season. The Wildcats have already played four games that started in prime time and another that began in the morning. An afternoon game against TCU will give fans a different experience in Manhattan.

K-State (2-3, 1-1 Big 12) will play its first Big 12 road game of the season on Saturday — an 11 a.m. game against Baylor in Waco, Texas. TCU (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) is coming off its first loss of the season to Arizona State. It will next be in action against Colorado on Saturday.

The Big 12 and its TV partners announced times for all of the Oct. 11 games on Monday.

The Kansas Jayhawks will also play an evening game that week when they head to Texas Tech for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff that will also be televised by FOX. Fans of the Sunflower Showdown can watch both teams play back-to-back.

Before then, Kansas will head to UCF for a 6:30 p.m. game on Saturday. ESPN2 will televise that game.

Big 12 Football Schedule for Oct. 4

Kansas State at Baylor - 11 a.m. on ESPN+

Iowa State at Cincinnati - 11 a.m. on ESPN2

Oklahoma State at Arizona - 2 p.m. on TNT

Texas Tech at Houston - 6 p.m. on ESPN

Colorado at TCU - 6:30 p.m. on FOX

Kansas at UCF - 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2

Big 12 Football Schedule for Oct. 11

UCF at Cincinnati - 11 a.m. on FS1

Houston at Oklahoma State - 11 a.m. on TNT

TCU at K-State - 2:30 p.m. on FOX

Iowa State at Colorado - 2:30 p.m. on ESPN

Kansas at Texas Tech - 6:30 p.m. on FOX

BYU at Arizona - 7 p.m. on ESPN2

Arizona State at Utah - 9:15 p.m. on ESPN

This story was originally published September 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM with the headline "Here’s when K-State will play TCU & Kansas will face Texas Tech in Big 12 action."

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Kellis Robinett
The Wichita Eagle
Kellis Robinett covers Kansas State athletics for The Wichita Eagle and The Kansas City Star. A winner of more than a dozen national writing awards, he lives in Manhattan with his wife and four children.
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