The No. 21 Kansas State Wildcats travel to Lawrence for the annual Sunflower Showdown rivalry game against the No. 25 Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. ET at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats are coming off a 59-25 blowout win over Baylor, while the Jayhawks are looking to bounce back from a 16-13 loss to Texas Tech. K-State has won 14 straight games in the rivalry, but Kansas leads the all-time series 64-51-5.

The Wildcats are 10-point favorites in the latest Kansas vs. Kansas State odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 58. Kansas State is a -362 (risk $362 to win $100) favorite on the money line, with Kansas listed as a +2832underdog (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Kansas vs. Kansas State picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football, and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

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Kaylor knows that Kansas State has dominated this rivalry for more than a decade, winning 14 straight matchups heading into Saturday. The Wildcats are very much in the thick of the Big 12 race, and a win on Saturday will solidify their standing among the teams tied for second place.

Kaylor, however, also factored in that Kansas is a well-coached team that has been defying the odds all season. The Jayhawks could be without their top two quarterbacks, but they play disciplined football and are hungry for a win over their in-state rivals.

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Kansas vs. Kansas State. We can tell you he's leaning Under on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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