The Kansas State Wildcats have shown the resolve and focus needed to win games when they matter, which was evident against a team has shown they don't have the resolve and focus, the Texas A&M Aggies. The Wildcats 53-50 victory in four overtime periods over the Aggies caused this response from ESPN's Big 12 blogger David Ubben:
Kansas State is the exact opposite of Texas A&M. The Wildcats, though? They trailed in the fourth quarter against Eastern Kentucky, Miami, and tonight, and erased a second-half deficit against Texas Tech on the last play of the third quarter. K-State came back to win all of them. The Wildcats are rewarded with a gorgeous 8-2 record for a team picked to finish eighth in the Big 12. This team has guts and makes plays when the game is on the line. The fourth quarter and overtime only further proved that on Saturday.
The Wildcats rise five spots to No. 17 this week, as they begin to prepare for the Texas Longhorns next Saturday night.
Here is the USA Today coaches poll for week 11:
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week's poll
|
|
|
1.
|
LSU (59)
|
10-0
|
1,475
|
1
|
|
|
2.
|
Oklahoma State |
10-0
|
1,410
|
3
|
|
|
3.
|
Alabama
|
9-1
|
1,340
|
4
|
|
|
4.
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Oregon
|
9-1
|
1,300
|
6
|
|
|
5.
|
Oklahoma
|
8-1
|
1,228
|
7
|
|
|
6.
|
Arkansas |
9-1
|
1,170
|
8
|
|
|
7.
|
Virginia Tech |
9-1
|
1,045
|
9
|
|
|
8.
|
Clemson
|
9-1
|
1,042
|
10
|
|
|
9.
|
Stanford
|
9-1
|
1,024
|
2
|
|
|
10.
|
Houston |
10-0
|
927
|
11
|
|
|
11.
|
Boise State
|
8-1
|
831
|
5
|
|
|
12.
|
Michigan State |
8-2
|
791
|
13
|
|
|
13.
|
Wisconsin
|
8-2
|
745
|
14
|
|
|
14.
|
South Carolina |
8-2
|
727
|
15
|
|
|
15.
|
Georgia |
8-2
|
698
|
16
|
|
|
16.
|
Nebraska
|
8-2
|
615
|
17
|
|
|
17.
|
Kansas State |
8-2
|
501
|
22
|
|
|
18.
|
Michigan
|
8-2
|
477
|
21
|
|
|
19.
|
TCU |
8-2
|
392
|
24
|
|
|
20.
|
Southern Mississippi |
9-1
|
386
|
23
|
|
|
21.
|
Penn State |
8-2
|
361
|
12
|
|
|
22.
|
Florida State |
7-3
|
189
|
NR
|
|
|
23. (tie)
|
Georgia Tech |
7-3
|
87
|
19
|
|
|
23. (tie)
|
West Virginia |
7-3
|
87
|
NR
|
|
|
25.
|
Notre Dame |
7-3
|
86
|
NR
|
|
|
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| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 18 Cincinnati (7-2, lost to then-unranked West Virginia 24-21), No. 20 Texas (6-3, lost to Missouri 17-5), No. 25 Auburn (6-4, lost to then-No. 16 Georgia 45-7). | |||||
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| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Cincinnati (7-2) 84; Baylor (6-3) 56; Texas (6-3) 27; Virginia (7-3) 24; Rutgers (7-3) 15; Tulsa (7-3) 10; Arkansas State (8-2) 5; Missouri (5-5) 5; Texas A&M (5-5) 5; Brigham Young (7-3) 4; Arizona State (6-4) 2; Northern Illinois (7-3) 2; Utah (6-4) 2. | |||||