Iowa St Cyclones FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Iowa St

Cyclones

Superior

B+ Overall Grade 88

Balanced Beast

Consistency King

Dark Horse

Next Up:
vs SE Missouri St, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Iowa St Cyclones has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	3-9	25.0%	—
2008-09	2-10	16.7%	—
2009-10	7-6	53.8%	—
2010-11	5-7	41.7%	#52
2011-12	6-7	46.2%	#29
2012-13	6-7	46.2%	#56
2013-14	3-9	25.0%	#85
2014-15	2-10	16.7%	#93
2015-16	3-9	25.0%	#67
2016-17	3-9	25.0%	#91
2017-18	8-5	61.5%	#29
2018-19	8-5	61.5%	#32
2019-20	7-6	53.8%	#41
2020-21	9-3	75.0%	#9
2021-22	7-6	53.8%	#25
2022-23	4-8	33.3%	#72
2023-24	7-6	53.8%	#35
2024-25	11-3	78.6%	#11
2025-26	8-4	66.7%	#29

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
7	Brigham Young	12	2
8	Texas Tech	12	2
12	Utah	11	2
23	TCU	9	4
27	Houston	10	3
30	Iowa St	8	4
31	Arizona	9	4
34	Arizona St	8	5	1
53	Kansas St	6	6	1
58	Cincinnati	7	6	1
84	Baylor	5	7
91	Kansas	5	7
92	West Virginia	4	8
105	Colorado	3	9
106	Central Florida	5	7
213	Oklahoma St	1	11	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 23	Kansas St (6-6) Big 12	W24-21
Sat Aug 30	vs South Dakota (10-5) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W55-7
Sat Sep 6	vs #15 Iowa (9-4) (#15 nationally) Big Ten	W16-13
Sat Sep 13	at Arkansas St (7-6) Sun Belt	W24-16
Sat Sep 27	vs Arizona (9-4) Big 12	W39-14
Sat Oct 4	at Cincinnati (7-6) Big 12	L30-38
Sat Oct 11	at Colorado (3-9) Big 12	L17-24
Sat Oct 25	vs #7 Brigham Young (12-2) (#7 nationally) Big 12	L27-41
Sat Nov 1	vs Arizona St (8-5) Big 12	L19-24
Sat Nov 8	at #22 TCU (9-4) (#23 nationally) Big 12	W20-17
Sat Nov 22	vs Kansas (5-7) Big 12	W38-14
Sat Nov 29	at Oklahoma St (1-11) Big 12	W20-13

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	17	0	0
1	Sep 2	8	2	0	9
2	Sep 7	8	3	0
3	Sep 14	10	4	0	2
4	Sep 21	9	4	0	1
5	Sep 28	8	5	0	1
6	Oct 5	25	5	1	17
7	Oct 12	37	5	2	12
8	Oct 19	38	5	2	1
9	Oct 26	38	5	3
10	Nov 2	43	5	4	5
11	Nov 9	34	6	4	9
12	Nov 16	33	6	4	1
13	Nov 23	28	7	4	5
14	Nov 30	27	8	4	1
15	Dec 7	28	8	4	1
16	Dec 14	30	8	4	2
17	Dec 21	28	8	4	2
18	Dec 28	30	8	4	2
19	Jan 4	30	8	4
20	Jan 10	30	8	4
21	Jan 20	30	8	4

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