KU won a bowl game more recently than k-state and ku's recruiting class was top 37. Some of the teams k-state played have bad records right now and one used to be really bad at football.
KU's recruiting is awful. The only good recruits they have, aren't that good, and all play the same position.
Watch them play. They are slow, small, and weak. Their front seven is an embarrassment to CFB. The QB is terrible and they've managed to inflate their offensive stats by rolling up yards on some horrible defenses and against 3rd stringers in the OSU game.