iowa state record against ranked opponents in the last 5 seasons

The Iowa State Cyclones are 4-9 against ranked opponents from 2022 through 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Iowa State	9/24/2022	0-1	ISU	vs	BAY	L 24-31	.000	3	17	350	361	53.3	50.0
2	Iowa State	10/8/2022	0-1	ISU	vs	KSU	L 9-10	.000	0	13	276	388	33.3	0.0
3	Iowa State	10/15/2022	0-1	ISU	@	TEX	L 21-24	.000	3	20	403	363	60.0	100.0
4	Iowa State	11/26/2022	0-1	ISU	@	TCU	L 14-62	.000	2	19	330	377	30.8	33.3
5	Iowa State	9/30/2023	0-1	ISU	@	OKLA	L 20-50	.000	2	16	352	523	26.7	50.0
6	Iowa State	11/4/2023	0-1	ISU	vs	KU	L 21-28	.000	2	16	333	361	50.0	0.0
7	Iowa State	11/18/2023	0-1	ISU	vs	TEX	L 16-26	.000	2	16	332	404	27.3	50.0
8	Iowa State	11/25/2023	1-0	ISU	@	KSU	W 42-35	1.000	6	10	488	497	42.9
9	Iowa State	9/7/2024	1-0	ISU	@	IOWA	W 20-19	1.000	2	15	361	303	14.3
10	Iowa State	12/7/2024	0-1	ISU	@	ASU	L 19-45	.000	2	23	341	464	50.0	100.0
11	Iowa State	12/28/2024	1-0	ISU	@	MIA	W 42-41	1.000	6	24	415	524	46.2	75.0
12	Iowa State	8/23/2025	1-0	ISU	@	KSU	W 24-21	1.000	3	19	313	383	21.4	100.0
13	Iowa State	10/25/2025	0-1	ISU	vs	BYU	L 27-41	.000	3	24	495	410	45.5	33.3
	Average							.308	2.8	17.8	368.4	412.2	38.5	0.1
	Total		4-9					.308	36	232	4,789	5,358	38.5	56.5

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More Iowa State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

184

Raynor

RUSH

45

Flora

REC

85

Overby

Team Rankings

PPG

38.0

51st

OPP PPG

10.0

38th

RUSH YDS/G

108.0

117th

PASS YDS/G

195.0

105th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Colorado	0-0	1-0
6	Houston	0-0	1-0
7	Iowa State	0-0	1-0
8	Kansas	0-0	1-0
9	Kansas State	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	ISU	@	IOWA	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	BGSU	@	ISU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	UTAH	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WVU	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Fri 10/9	ISU	@	BYU	10:15 PM

Last Game

Southeast Missouri State

0 - 1

Final

Iowa State

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Alabama	1	1.000
2	Arkansas	1	1.000
3	Auburn	1	1.000
4	Florida	1	1.000
5	Georgia	1	1.000
6	Kentucky	1	1.000
7	LSU	1	1.000
8	Mississippi State	1	1.000
9	Missouri	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	Ole Miss	1	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	1.000
14	Texas	1	1.000
15	Texas A&M	1	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	1.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000