NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Coach Bill Snyder has seen Kansas State throw the ball for 333 yards in one game and run for 315 more in another, so he's hoping for a little more balance from his 18th-ranked Wildcats in their next one.

"Now it gets really serious, and the significant thing is can we put it all together?" Snyder said. "That is what we are striving for, to be able to package all of that game after game after game and then to try to improve upon it. We will find out, I don't know. But the competition steps up."

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