iowa state record vs ranked opponents last 20 games

The Iowa State Cyclones are 5-15 against ranked opponents in their last 20 games.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Iowa State	11/20/2021	0-1	ISU	@	OKLA	L 21-28	.000	3	25	361	305	23.5	71.4
2	Iowa State	12/29/2021	0-1	ISU	vs	CLEM	L 13-20	.000	1	14	270	315	40.0	0.0
3	Iowa State	9/24/2022	0-1	ISU	vs	BAY	L 24-31	.000	3	17	350	361	53.3	50.0
4	Iowa State	10/8/2022	0-1	ISU	vs	KSU	L 9-10	.000	0	13	276	388	33.3	0.0
5	Iowa State	10/15/2022	0-1	ISU	@	TEX	L 21-24	.000	3	20	403	363	60.0	100.0
6	Iowa State	11/26/2022	0-1	ISU	@	TCU	L 14-62	.000	2	19	330	377	30.8	33.3
7	Iowa State	9/30/2023	0-1	ISU	@	OKLA	L 20-50	.000	2	16	352	523	26.7	50.0
8	Iowa State	11/4/2023	0-1	ISU	vs	KU	L 21-28	.000	2	16	333	361	50.0	0.0
9	Iowa State	11/18/2023	0-1	ISU	vs	TEX	L 16-26	.000	2	16	332	404	27.3	50.0
10	Iowa State	11/25/2023	1-0	ISU	@	KSU	W 42-35	1.000	6	10	488	497	42.9
11	Iowa State	9/7/2024	1-0	ISU	@	IOWA	W 20-19	1.000	2	15	361	303	14.3
12	Iowa State	12/7/2024	0-1	ISU	@	ASU	L 19-45	.000	2	23	341	464	50.0	100.0
13	Iowa State	12/28/2024	1-0	ISU	@	MIA	W 42-41	1.000	6	24	415	524	46.2	75.0
14	Iowa State	8/23/2025	1-0	ISU	@	KSU	W 24-21	1.000	3	19	313	383	21.4	100.0
15	Iowa State	10/25/2025	0-1	ISU	vs	BYU	L 27-41	.000	3	24	495	410	45.5	33.3
16	Iowa State	9/12/2026	0-1	ISU	@	IOWA	L 13-16	.000	1	9	255	284	30.8
17	Iowa State	9/26/2026	0-1	ISU	vs	UTAH	L 17-31	.000	2	23	316	411	21.4	40.0
18	Iowa State	10/9/2026	0-1	ISU	@	BYU	L 10-24	.000	1	14	200	506	15.4	50.0
19	Iowa State	10/24/2026	0-1	ISU	@	ARIZ	L 3-39	.000	0	14	221	477	21.4	33.3
20	Iowa State	10/31/2026	1-0	ISU	vs	OKST	W 51-49	1.000	6	24	581	533	53.3	100.0
	Average							.250	2.5	17.8	349.7	409.5	35.2	0.0
	Total		5-15					.250	50	355	6,993	8,189	35.2	54.8

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More Iowa State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,672

Raynor

RUSH

1,119

Flora

REC

321

Polite

Team Rankings

PPG

29.2

61st

OPP PPG

28.9

112th

RUSH YDS/G

181.0

47th

PASS YDS/G

200.3

119th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	UCF	3-3	5-4
10	West Virginia	2-4	5-4
11	Iowa State	2-4	4-5
12	Cincinnati	2-4	5-4
13	TCU	2-4	4-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	CIN	@	ISU	12:00 PM
Fri 11/20	ISU	@	UCF	6:00 PM
Sat 11/28	KSU	@	ISU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa State

4 - 5

Final

Baylor

6 - 3

Sat 7 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 10/17	KU	@	KSU	24-35
Sat 10/17	FLA	@	TEX	27-24
Sat 10/17	CHSO	@	CLEM	0-37
Sat 10/17	FAU	@	ARMY	24-56
Sat 10/17	MSST	@	LSU	0-31

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	MEM	@	USF	8:00 PM
Thu 11/12	ULL	@	ULM	9:00 PM
Fri 11/13	FSU	@	PITT	7:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ILL	@	UCLA	9:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM

The Iowa State Cyclones are 5-15 against ranked opponents in their last 20 games.

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1,119

321

CFB 2026 Leaders

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2,962

2,880

1,241

1,193

1,189

1,209

1,200

1,027

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28

27

19

18

18

14

14

13

190.8

184.5

180.8

14.0

11.0

10.5

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