No. 9 K-State shuts down Oklahoma State, 48-14

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State coach Bill Snyder had watched Oklahoma State slice so effortless through his defense on the game's opening drive that he wondered whether the tone had been set. Morgan Burns didn't give him a chance to think anything more of it. The speedy cornerback returned the ensuing kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown, and that set the Wildcats (No. 9 CFP, No. 11 AP) off and running. Jake Waters threw two TD passes, Charles Jones ran for two more scores and Kansas State routed the Cowboys 48-14 on Saturday night. "You've got a lot of guys, sometimes when that happens, they're standing around looking at each other like, `Wow, what's going on?' Snyder said about the opening drive, in which Oklahoma State went 86 yards in just eight plays. "And it didn't happen. There wasn't time for it to happen." The rest of the game belonged to the Wildcats.