Rob Gray

Iowa State will almost certainly reach the Big 12 championship game if it can beat Kansas State for the fourth time in the past five meetings. Here are three keys for the Cyclones and a score prediction.

The No. 5-ranked Iowa State men’s basketball team left the stacked Maui Invitational with a 2-1 record — and capped it with a 99-71 lambasting of Colorado to win the fifth-place game.

Iowa State’s defense has faced several dual-threat quarterbacks this football season, and it’s struggled each time. Enter Kansas State’s Avery Johnson, who may be the most dangerous running playcaller ISU will face.

No. 5 Iowa State held off Dayton, 89-84, Tuesday in a Maui Invitational consolation semifinal.

Iowa State offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser likely will need to pull more tricks from his sleeve on Saturday against Kansas State, which relishes a chance to knock the Cyclones out of Big 12 championship game contention

No. 5 Cyclones face Dayton next in Maui Invitational

Former Iowa City West prep Brendan Mott among top defenders in Big 12 and QB Avery Johnson always dangerous

Cyclones are ranked fifth and excited to play top-level competition and enjoy a little fun in the sun, too

With game on the line later in the fourth quarter, there was no doubt who was going to get the ball at the end

Any thoughts of playing in the Big 12 title game, or even making the college football playoffs, needs to be put on the back burner when the Wildcats come to town

Iowa State somehow overcame a pick-6 and blocked punt for a touchdown to escape Utah with a 31-28 victory Saturday night. The Cyclones now largely control their own destiny when it comes to reaching the Big 12 championship game.

The 12th-ranked Iowa State wrestling team is trying to end a 19-match dual meet skid against No. 2 Iowa. The Cyclones will likely field their most potent starting lineup this season.

Former Cedar Rapids Prairie star Gabe Burkle has emerged as Rocco Becht’s prime third option in the Iowa State passing game.

Iowa State still retains a solid chance of reaching the Big 12 title game if it can end the regular season with a win at Utah and another victory at home against Kansas State. Here are three keys for the Cyclones against the Utes.

It’s not complicated, but it is a problem. That’s the universal response when discussing the Iowa State defense’s susceptibility to big plays in the run game.