Check out updates from The Gazette Iowa State correspondent Rob Gray with news and information regarding the transfer portal
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Check out updates from The Gazette Iowa State correspondent Rob Gray with news and information regarding the transfer portal
Quarterback Rocco Becht is the most high profile Iowa State football player to announce his intent to transfer, but he’s been joined by others in recent days.
The longtime Cyclones defensive coordinator helped Iowa State lead the Big 12 in scoring defense twice and rank among the nation’s stingiest units during his decade in Ames.
Becht recently underwent surgery on non-throwing shoulder, but is expected to be healthy in time for 2026 season
Rogers never intended to leave Pullman, but ISU had always been a dream destination, so when the Cyclones’ athletics director, Jamie Pollard, called him Friday as outgoing head coach Matt Campbell took the same job at Penn State, it was simply an offer he couldn’t refuse.
As it became increasingly likely that Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell would be leaving to accept the Penn State job, the Cyclones’ athletics director, Jamie Pollard, had one simple, but important fast-paced plan to implement.
The tempestuous nature of the transfer portal along with the relatively recent shake-up of the recruiting calendar has made it more difficult to apply those hands-on, personal touches Campbell and many other coaches enjoy providing to incoming prospects.
Coach Matt Campbell excited about the next steps for Cyclone program
ISU will try to become the fifth team in program history — and third under Campbell — to win nine or more games in a season when it plays in a bowl game in a month or so.
The 2025 Iowa State football team is now poised to chronicle its own topsy-turvy fall-into-winter history — from five straight wins, to four straight losses, and the chance to finish the regular season on a three-game win streak.
What’s a stake Saturday when Iowa State travels to Stillwater, Okla., for a Big 12 football battle with Oklahoma State.
“I think it’s so hard in our sport today to even look at anybody’s record,” said Campbell, whose Cyclones (7-4, 4-4) seek to close the regular season on a three-game win streak by beating the Cowboys (1-10, 0-8) at 11 a.m. Saturday (ESPNU) in Stillwater.
Cowboys have not won a Big 12 game since 2023, but could be dangerous when they host Cyclones on Saturday
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