Rob Gray

Iowa State has become almost the prohibitive favorite to win the Big 12 football title, which means the pressure amps up each week as every opponent seeks to knock it off course. Here are three keys for the Cyclones against UCF.

Iowa State receivers Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel each having zero drops merely highlights how the Cyclones continue to operate with nearly zero margin for error if they hope to reach the Big 12 title game and make history by hoisting that gleaming trophy for the first time.

Iowa State’s first 6-0 football start in 86 years comes with an asterisk attached. The Cyclones still want to play a full 60 minutes of football.

No. 9 Cyclones host a struggling Central Florida team on Saturday night at Jack Trice Stadium, looking to go 7-0

Iowa State improved to 6-0 for the first time since 1938 with a 28-16 win at West Virginia. Quarterback Rocco Becht completed 16 of 28 passes for 265 yards and a 60-yard touchdown to Jaylin Noel.

From a football perspective, Princeton transfer Jalen Travis has been a revelation helping Iowa State shine in run blocking and pass protection. From a human perspective, Travis is deeply committed to helping others.

Iowa State has bought itself a little wiggle room in the Big 12 football championship race with its 2-0 start in league play, but that would vanish with a loss to West Virginia. Here are three keys for the Cyclones against the Mountaineers.

Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell shuns talk of the Cyclones’ 5-0 start — its best mark through five games in a season since 1980. But he embraces the “hard” truth that ISU hasn’t won an outright conference championship in its 133-year history

Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger’s devotion to sharply defined daily habits places heavy demands on his players. This is how Otzelberger has built ISU’s program into a consistent winner that will likely be ranked in the preseason top 10.

Audi Crooks is one of four returning sophomores who stayed in tune during last season’s surprising surge, and as long as fifth-year senior point guard Emily Ryan’s serving as the group’s conductor, the Iowa State women’s basketball team will continue to hit high notes throughout a 2024-25 season brimming with big expectations.

Jontez Williams is one of five Iowa State defensive backs to snare at least one interception this season. The Cyclones’ ball-hawking identity is well-established.

No. 11 Iowa State is on a roll, but hits the road this week against a surging West Virginia team coming off a win at Oklahoma State. Here are five Mountaineers to watch against the Cyclones.

Cyclones are 5-0 and up to No. 11 in AP poll, but travel to ‘hornet’s nest’ this week at West Virginia

Iowa State is 5-0 for the first time in 44 years after Saturday’s 43-21 win over Baylor. The Cyclones overcame a spate of injuries during the game.

Iowa State will attempt to soar to 5-0 for the first time in nearly half a century, but the Cyclones’ goals spiral much higher on the program’s history chart.