Cincinnati Bearcats vs Kansas State Wildcats Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 11/23/24

Our Cincinnati Bearcats vs Kansas State Wildcats prediction takes us to the Little Apple on Saturday evening. The Bearcats come to town riding a 3-game losing streak, and breaking that streak on the road at Kansas State is a tall order. The Wildcats, on the other hand, have lost 2 straight (at Houston, Arizona State), and those losses have been season killers. Once thought to be the favorite to win the Big 12, Kansas State is now out of that picture. The question for this game is whether that has sapped their motivation, or if they will muster some pride and bounce back? I am betting on the latter, and I am playing the Wildcats -8.5.

The problem for K-State in the past two losses has been turnovers. They have given the ball up 5 times in 2 games, and that has been their undoing. If they take care of the football, they should be able to move the ball and score against Cincinnati. On the other side, the Bearcats have really fallen apart of late. Last week, for example, they could not muster any passing attack to speak of against Iowa State. If you can’t throw the ball effectively against Kansas State, you are in trouble, because K-State is 9^th in the country in rushing yards allowed, at just over 101 yards per game. That is how I think this game is most likely to play out—Cincinnati will struggle to run the ball, and when they can’t run the ball effectively, their passing attack will not be able to pick up the slack, thus allowing Kansas State to pull away. Give me the Wildcats to bounce back here.

Cincinnati vs Kansas State Prediction: Kansas State -8.5 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.