Iowa State Cyclones
FBS
Big 12 Conference · ISU
Team Vitals
+21.9
power · 2026 · #27 D1
+7.5 / +14.4
off / def (higher = better)
1–1
2026 record
126
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 66%ile 0.667
- Offense (PPA/play) 65%ile 0.205
- Defense (PPA allowed) 71%ile 0.100
- Offensive success rate 74%ile 0.455
- Defensive success rate allowed 67%ile 0.395
- Explosiveness 21%ile 1.205
- Explosiveness allowed 57%ile 1.251
- Plays per game 82%ile 66.3
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Bowling Green FBS | HOME | Iowa State 92% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Utah FBS | HOME | Utah 64% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | West Virginia FBS | HOME | Iowa State 80% |
| 2026-10-09 | Wk 6 | BYU FBS | AWAY | BYU 62% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Arizona FBS | AWAY | Arizona 57% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Oklahoma State FBS | HOME | Iowa State 84% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Baylor FBS | AWAY | Iowa State 57% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Cincinnati FBS | HOME | Iowa State 68% |
| 2026-11-20 | Wk 12 | UCF FBS | AWAY | Iowa State 65% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Kansas State FBS | HOME | Kansas State 53% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Iowa @ | L | 13–16 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Southeast Missouri State vs | W | 38–10 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Oklahoma State @ | W | 20–13 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Kansas vs | W | 38–14 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | TCU @ | W | 20–17 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Arizona State vs | L | 19–24 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | BYU vs | L | 27–41 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Colorado @ | L | 17–24 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Cincinnati @ | L | 30–38 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Arizona vs | W | 39–14 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Arkansas State @ | W | 24–16 |
| 2025-09-06 | 2025 | Wk 2 | Iowa vs | W | 16–13 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 26 | +25 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 329 | 242 | +87 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 435 | 321 | +114 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 | 341 | 296 | +45 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 | 242 | 243 | -1 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 407 | 267 | +140 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3 | 395 | 257 | +138 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 418 | 337 | +81 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 348 | 298 | +50 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 | 380 | 272 | +108 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 | 332 | 376 | -44 |
| 2015 | 3 | 9 | 300 | 392 | -92 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Terrell | DL | 77 | #116 | 2 | 5 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL |
| Sullivan Schlimgen | LB | 75 | #87 | 2 | 18 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Vince Benetti | TE | 72 | #42 | 2 | 3 rec · 34 yds · 2 TD |
| Jaylen Raynor | QB | 68 | #82 | 2 | 301 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT |
| Carson Willich | LB | 66 | #267 | 2 | 13 tkl · 3.0 TFL |
| Aiden Flora | RB | 66 | #193 | 2 | 134 rush yds · 1 TD · 1 rec |
| Kyle Konrardy | K | 65 | #67 | 2 | 3 FG · 6 XP · 15 pts |
| Jack Janikowski | DL | 63 | #666 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Beni Ngoyi | DB | 61 | #722 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT |
| Omari Hayes | WR | 60 | #474 | 2 | 5 rec · 93 yds |
| Jace Gilbert | DL | 60 | #823 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Caden Crawford | DL | 60 | #836 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Drew Surges | DB | 58 | #902 | 2 | 10 tkl |
| Malcolm Jones | LB | 57 | #604 | 1 | 5 tkl · 2.5 TFL |
| David Coffey | DB | 57 | #1003 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1 PD |
| Dominic Overby | WR | 56 | #685 | 1 | 2 rec · 85 yds |
| Malaki Ta'ase | DL | 54 | #1324 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Zaimir Hawk | DL | 53 | #1365 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Easton Miller | RB | 53 | #559 | 2 | 12 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Seth Johnson | DB | 52 | #1339 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Beau Goodwin | LB | 50 | #917 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Brody Miller | DB | 50 | #1540 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Willie Breland III | LB | 49 | #972 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Bryson Lamb | DL | 49 | #1782 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Duhron Goodman | DB | 47 | #1787 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Carter Pabst | WR | 46 | #1162 | 1 | 1 rec · 24 yds |
| Jonah DuPont | P | 45 | #169 | 2 | 9 punts · 42.1 yd avg |
| Jamal Polite Jr. | WR | 45 | #1217 | 1 | 1 rec · 20 yds |
| Ethan Gurney | P | 45 | #170 | 2 | 3 punts · 39.0 yd avg |
| Tristan Exline | LB | 44 | #1210 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Donovan Fitzmaurice | DL | 43 | #2256 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Ty Claiborne | WR | 43 | #1319 | 1 | 1 rec · 15 yds |
| Arnold Barnes III | RB | 40 | #986 | 2 | 17 rush yds |
| Kaleb Bilal-Jones | DL | 40 | #2490 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Carson Robbins | WR | 39 | #1477 | 1 | 1 rec · 11 yds |
| Evan Boyd | WR | 39 | #1482 | 1 | 1 rec · 6 yds |
| Cameron Pettaway | RB | 38 | #1040 | 2 | 14 rush yds |
| Damarius Russell | DB | 38 | #2392 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Tyler Fortenberry | TE | 37 | #505 | 1 | 1 rec · 6 yds |
| Jaheim Singletary | DB | 37 | #2475 | 2 | 2 tkl |