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KC Joyner, ESPN Staff Writer 7y

Kansas State has too many issues to contend for playoff spot

College Football, Kansas State Wildcats

Everybody starts the season undefeated. But the cruel reality of college football is that only a handful of those teams have a legitimate chance of winning the 2017 College Football Playoff.

The Kansas State Wildcats return 14 starters from last year's nine-win team. When that is combined with a favorable schedule according to ESPN's Football Power Index, it would seem that the Wildcats have a legitimate claim to being a sleeper CFP contender in 2017.

That view is seeing things through Royal Purple-tinted glasses. The reality of the situation is there are many reasons Kansas State will not make the CFP this season.

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