The Kansas State football team shouldn’t have to apologize to anyone for winning eight games, especially at the end of a regular season that featured feel-good victories over Tulane, Colorado and Kansas. But if the Wildcats want to eventually supplant Oklahoma and Texas as a perennial Big 12 power, they need to aim higher.

Kansas State football played Iowa State on even terms for most of the game, but two costly turnovers were too much for the Wildcats to overcome in a disappointing 29-21 loss at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames,

A pair of first-half turnovers and a fourth-quarter safety doomed Kansas State football to a 29-21 loss to Iowa State on Saturday night.

The Cyclones defeated Kansas State 29-21 on Saturday and completed the regular season with a 10-2 overall record and a 7-2 record against Big 12 opponents. It was a game full of firsts, like Iowa State’s first 10-win season and Jaylin Noel’s first season with 1,000 receiving yards.

The final week of the regular season in the Big 12 has the Kansas State Wildcats (8-3, 5-3 Big 12) on the road facing the No. 17 Iowa State Cyclones (9-2, 6-2). Kickoff Saturday from Jack Trice Stadium is at 7:30 p.