MANHATTAN, Kan. – A trio of night games awaits Kansas State after its season-opening game in Dublin, Ireland, as the Big 12 Conference and its television partners have made selections for the first three weeks of the 2025 season.
As announced two weeks ago, the Wildcats will kick off the 2025 college football season in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic as they face Iowa State in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday, August 23, in an 11 a.m. (CT) game on ESPN.
K-State returns to Manhattan for its first non-conference game and home opener on Saturday, August 30, against North Dakota in a 6 p.m., contest that will be shown on ESPN+. It is the first all-time meeting between the Wildcats and Fighting Hawks as the two teams were scheduled to play in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic altered the schedule.
Another 6 p.m., contest – this time on ESPN – is slated for Saturday, September 6, when the Wildcats welcome Army to Bill Snyder Family Stadium for the second time ever and first since 1987.
The Wildcats close out the non-conference portion of their schedule by traveling to face Arizona on Friday, September 12, in an 8 p.m. (CT) game that will be shown on FOX. This will be the second of a two-game non-conference series that was scheduled prior to Arizona joining the Big 12. K-State won last year’s meeting at home, 31-7, and is playing in Tucson for the first time since 1978.
A limited number of football season tickets are still available for purchase online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets or by phone at 1-800-221-CATS. Ahearn Fund members will have an exclusive week-long online-only pre-sale for single-game tickets beginning on Tuesday, June 10, while the general public can begin purchasing tickets online only beginning at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, June 17. Phone and in-person orders for football single-game tickets for both Ahearn Fund members and the general public will begin at 8:30 a.m., on Monday, June 23.
Time/TV for Select 2025 K-State Football Games (All Times Central)
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV |
| Aug. 23 (Previously Announced) | vs. Iowa State (Dublin, Ireland) | 11 a.m. | ESPN |
| Aug. 30 | North Dakota | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| Sept. 6 | Army | 6 p.m. | ESPN |
| (Fri.) Sept. 12 | at Arizona | 8 p.m. | FOX |
