Kansas State wide receiver Malik Knowles, top, celebrates with linemen KT Leveston (70) and Hayden Gillum (55) after scoring a touchdown during the first quarter of the team’s NCAA college football game against Kansas on Saturday in Manhattan. COLIN E. BRALEY/AP
MANHATTAN (AP) — Kansas State coach Chris Klieman didn’t want to back into the Big 12 title game by having Texas lose to Baylor. He…