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Big 12Cyclones

Iowa State

38th of 1308–5

Rank

38th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+7.3

90% range −1.6 to 16.3

Offense

29.9

58th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.6

24th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

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 2Sep 8 · 5:00 PM ET at Iowa L 3–13
Rating change−0.4
Wk 3Sep 15 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#4 Oklahoma L 27–37
Rating change+1.3
Wk 4Sep 22 · 12:00 PM ET vs Akron W 26–13
Rating change−1.6
Wk 5Sep 29 · 7:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#13 TCU L 14–17
Rating change+1.1
Wk 6Oct 6 · 3:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#22 Oklahoma State W 48–42
Rating change+1.4
Wk 7Oct 13 · 7:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#18 West Virginia W 30–14
Rating change+2.2
Wk 9Oct 27 · 12:00 PM ET vs Texas Tech W 40–31
Rating change+0.3
Wk 10Nov 3 · 12:00 PM ET at Kansas W 27–3
Rating change+0.9
Wk 11Nov 10 · 3:30 PM ET vs Baylor W 28–14
Rating change0.0
Wk 12Nov 17 · 8:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 Texas L 10–24
Rating change−1.6
Wk 13Nov 24 · 7:00 PM ET vs Kansas State W 42–38
Rating change−0.5
Wk 14Dec 1 · 12:00 PM ET vs Drake W 27–24
Rating change−4.4
PostDec 28 · 9:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#19 Washington StateVALERO ALAMO BOWL L 26–28
Rating change+1.4

Rating through 2018

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2017Big 1229 of 13010.229.118.98–5—
2016Big 1258 of 1282.130.928.83–9—
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