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Big 12Cyclones

Iowa State

33rd of 13411–3

Rank

33rd

of 134 FBS teams

Rating

+10.4

90% range 1.0 to 19.7

Offense

31.9

33rd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

21.6

35th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

11–3

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 1Aug 31 · 3:30 PM ET vs North Dakota W 21–3
Rating change−1.5
Wk 2Sep 7 · 3:30 PM ET at Iowa W 20–19
Rating change+0.5
Wk 4Sep 21 · 2:00 PM ET vs Arkansas State W 52–7
Rating change+2.6
Wk 5Sep 28 · 7:00 PM ET at Houston W 20–0
Rating change+0.7
Wk 6Oct 5 · 7:30 PM ET vs Baylor W 43–21
Rating change+0.3
Wk 7Oct 12 · 8:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#25 West Virginia W 28–16
Rating change−0.3
Wk 8Oct 19 · 7:30 PM ET vs UCF W 38–35
Rating change−0.9
Wk 10Nov 2 · 3:30 PM ET vs Texas Tech L 22–23
Rating change−1.2
Wk 11Nov 9 · 3:30 PM ET vs KansasNeutral L 36–45
Rating change−1.5
Wk 12Nov 16 · 8:00 PM ET vs Cincinnati W 34–17
Rating change+0.2
Wk 13Nov 23 · 7:30 PM ET at Utah W 31–28
Rating change+0.1
Wk 14Nov 30 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#16 Kansas State W 29–21
Rating change+0.4
Wk 15Dec 7 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#20 Arizona StateDr Pepper Big 12 Championship L 19–45
Rating change−1.3
PostDec 28 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#10 MiamiPop-Tarts Bowl W 42–41
Rating change0.0

Rating through 2024

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2023Big 1242 of 1336.527.220.87–6—
2022Big 1247 of 1313.823.419.64–8—
2021Big 1214 of 13014.233.719.57–6—
2020Big 127 of 12721.237.716.59–3—
2019Big 1228 of 1308.732.023.37–6—
2018Big 1238 of 1307.329.922.68–5—
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