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Iowa State Football Preview 2025: The Cyclones Are the Team To Root For

X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN2025 Iowa State Preview Iowa State Offense Breakdown Iowa State Defense Breakdown Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season If you're here, you're either a fan of Iowa State sports, or you're simply a die-hard college football fan, or maybe both. No matter what the reason, if there's one thing to know about Cyclone football, it's this …If you're looking for a random team to root for, this is it. And why?Iowa State has been playing college football, at least as an acknowledged program, since 1895. In all of that time, it has just two pieces of a conference title. In 1911 and 1912, Iowa State was the co-champion of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Oh sure, the tie for the Big 12 North title in 2004, but it was only 4-4 in Big 12 play, and Colorado went on to get walloped by why the run to the Big 12 Championship game was such a big deal, and why the loss to Arizona State was so disappointing. A win would've been the school's first outright conference title, and it would've meant a trip to the College Football Playoff, a first round bye, and - as it turned out - a shot at Texas in the Chick-fil-A Peach the Cyclones lost 45-19 and went on to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl, beating Miami 42-41, partly because Hurricane quarterback Cam Ward quit on his team at the end of the first half once he set the D-I record for touchdown passes. So 2024 was ultimately a disappointment, right? Far from it. It was still the best season in the history of Iowa State program had never won ten games in a season before last year. It won 11. It was also the second time in five seasons that Iowa State took a bite at the championship apple - in 2020 it lost to Oklahoma 27-21. The 2025 Cyclones, in a lot of ways, are better. The receiving corps and defensive line should take a step back, and the O line could use a little work, but the skill parts are strong, the defensive back seven/eight should be terrific, and there's no team on the slate the Cyclones can't a fun team with a fan base that knows how to get fired up for its school, the moment, and the success. But to get over the hump, it needs to get a wee bit more out of the …Iowa State Offense Breakdown Iowa State Defense Breakdown Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.