MANHATTAN, Kan. (Interstat) — Kansas will make the trip to face Kansas State on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan., in an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision game between the Jayhawks and Wildcats.

Kansas enters with a 2-3 record. The Jayhawks are coming off a 41-24 loss at Utah in which quarterback Isaiah Marshall completed 19 of 37 passes for 333 yards and two touchdowns and ran nine times for 21 yards and a touchdown. Dylan Edwards added 22 rushing yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 29 yards, while Jalen Dupree ran twice for 10 yards. Marshall also threw for 161 yards and ran for 110 yards and a touchdown in a 55-0 win over Middle Tennessee, and he passed for 235 yards and a touchdown in a 24-17 loss to Arizona State. Kansas opened with a 51-6 win over Long Island and fell 38-21 to Missouri.

Kansas State is 3-2. The Wildcats are coming off a 35-16 home loss to Houston. Avery Johnson completed 16 of 30 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns and ran nine times for 39 yards. Rodney Fields Jr. ran 14 times for 46 yards and caught two passes for 36 yards, and Josh Manning had three receptions for 24 yards. Johnson passed for 292 yards and a touchdown and ran for 38 yards against Cincinnati, and he threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 152 yards against Tulane. Kansas State opened with a 71-3 win over Nicholls State, beat Washington State 34-7, beat Tulane 31-20, lost at Cincinnati 31-26 and fell to Houston 35-16.

The matchup features two quarterbacks capable of producing through the air and on the ground. Marshall has been central to Kansas’ offense, while Johnson has powered Kansas State’s attack. The Jayhawks will look to establish balance with Edwards and Dupree in the running game, while the Wildcats will rely on Fields and Manning to support Johnson. Both teams will seek to avoid turnovers and control possession in a rivalry game.

Kansas is set to host Baylor, visit TCU, host UCF, visit West Virginia, host BYU and visit Oklahoma State in its next games. Kansas State will visit Arizona State, visit Colorado, host Oklahoma State, visit TCU, host Arizona and visit Iowa State.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Kansas State 48, Kansas 30. Kansas State has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -4.5. The over/under is 55.5.