ESPN selected K-State at Colorado for its 9:15 p.m. window on October 12. The battle of winning Big 12 teams will be televised nationally in a prime-time slot for football fans in the West. But some fans will be asleep before kickoff in other regions.

Kansas State needs to take advantage of a bye week with a late-night trip to Colorado, followed by another road test at West Virginia.

The Kansas State football team will play another late-night game when it returns to action in two weeks against Colorado. K-State will travel to Folsom Field in Boulder for a road game versus Colorado with a kickoff of 9:15 p.m. (Central Time) on Oct. 12. ESPN will televise the game to a national audience.