The 2024 Rate Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2024, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The 35th annual Rate Bowl game featured Rutgers and Kansas State. The game began at approximately 3:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. The game was one of the 2024âÂÂ25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game's title sponsor was residential mortgage company Rate, formerly known as Guaranteed Rate.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game features teams from the Big 12 Conference and Big Ten Conference. This will be the second meeting between the Scarlet Knights and the Wildcats, with Rutgers winning their prior meeting in the 2006 Texas Bowl.
Rutgers compiled a regular-season record of 7âÂÂ5 (4âÂÂ5 in Big Ten play). The Scarlet Knights opened the season with four consecutive wins, lost their next four games, then finished with three wins in their final four games. Rutgers faced one ranked team during the season, losing to Illinois.
Kansas State posted an 8âÂÂ4 record (5âÂÂ4 in Big 12 play) during the regular season. The Wildcats were ranked as high as 13th and had a 7âÂÂ1 record after eight games, then lost three of their final four games to fall out of the rankings. Kansas State faced three ranked teams, defeating Arizona and Oklahoma State while losing to Iowa State.