The Big 12 settled two more dates and channels for Kansas State and Kansas on Monday, giving fans a clearer picture of what Halloween weekend will look like.
K-State will face Colorado on Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. Central at Folsom Field, with TNT carrying the game nationally.
Later that day, Kansas heads to TCU for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff at Amon G. Carter Stadium on FS1.
Those announcements came as the conference and its TV partners released kickoff times and broadcast details for the next two weeks.
Before either Oct. 31 matchup arrives, both Kansas schools have business this weekend. K-State, which is 4-2 overall and 1-2 in Big 12 play, goes to Arizona State for a 2:45 p.m.
Central kickoff. Kansas, sitting at 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the league, will host Baylor at noon.
The Oct. 24 Big 12 slate starts with West Virginia at TCU and Texas Tech at Cincinnati, both at 11 a.m.
Baylor visits Kansas at noon on TNT, BYU plays at UCF at 2:30 p.m. on FOX, and K-State’s trip to Arizona State lands on ESPN2. Later matchups include Colorado at Oklahoma State at 6 p.m. on FS1, Iowa State at Arizona at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2, and Houston at Utah at 9:15 p.m. on ESPN.
The Oct. 31 schedule opens with Baylor at UCF on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN. The rest of the day includes Arizona at Texas Tech at 11 a.m. on ABC or ESPN, Arizona State at BYU at 2:30 p.m. on FOX, Utah at Cincinnati at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2, and Oklahoma State at Iowa State at 6 p.m. on FS1.
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