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Big 12Cyclones

Iowa State

58th of 1283–9

Rank

58th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+2.1

90% range −8.4 to 12.7

Offense

30.9

57th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

28.8

55th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

3–9

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 3 · 8:00 PM ET vs Northern Iowa L 20–25
Rating change−1.6
Wk 2Sep 10 · 7:30 PM ET at Iowa L 3–42
Rating change−3.3
Wk 3Sep 17 · 12:00 PM ET at TCU L 20–41
Rating change−0.3
Wk 4Sep 24 · 12:00 PM ET vs San José State W 44–10
Rating change+2.6
Wk 5Oct 1 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#16 Baylor L 42–45
Rating change+1.1
Wk 6Oct 8 · 3:30 PM ET at Oklahoma State L 31–38
Rating change+0.6
Wk 7Oct 15 · 7:00 PM ET at Texas L 6–27
Rating change−0.7
Wk 9Oct 29 · 12:00 PM ET vs Kansas State L 26–31
Rating change+0.6
Wk 10Nov 3 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#9 Oklahoma L 24–34
Rating change+0.8
Wk 11Nov 12 · 12:00 PM ET at Kansas W 31–24
Rating change−0.5
Wk 12Nov 19 · 3:30 PM ET vs Texas Tech W 66–10
Rating change+7.2
Wk 13Nov 26 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 West Virginia L 19–49
Rating change−1.4

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2015Big 1276 of 128−1.427.829.23–9—

Profile

ISU offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com