The Cyclones are rarely a threat in the B12 and 2014 looks no different. What they are is a hard nosed physical football team that always plays with max effort. This year with some changes to the coaching staff they are hoping to the offense.
When the Cyclones are at their best they are an exciting offensive team that can score with anybody on the country. They have a versatile lineup but at the same time they lack real size and that can be exploited.
The 19th-ranked Texas Longhorns will make the trip over to Ames on Tuesday for a visit with the 17th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones. Texas is fresh off becoming the first 20-win team in the Big 12 this season, while Iowa State has won four of its last five games.
The Longhorns had begun their Big 12 season with consecutive losses, but now the team has won nine of its last 10 games and has put all of the Big 12 on notice.
No. 16 Iowa State is 4-1 against ranked opponents this season and aim s to make it 5-1 if they can take two in a row on their trip through the Jayhawk State when they take on eighth-ranked Kansas on Wednesday.
Bill Self has had talented recruiting classes before but he is learning that depending almost completely on talented freshmen to be your leaders is a very challenging.
No. 17 Iowa State hosts No. 23 Iowa at James H. Hilton Coliseum on Friday, looking to beat their in state rival for the fourth time in the past five years and preserving their unblemished record at home this season.
The 18th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners look to take out some frustration from their disappointing loss to Baylor when they host the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday.
It has been a horrible season for TCU this year. As it stands right now they will need to sweep their final three games just to become bowl eligible.
The Kansas State Wildcats recorded their first Big 12 win of the 2013 campaign, and will now look to make it two in a row when they host a struggling Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday at Snyder Family Stadium.
Oklahoma State has had back to back solid B12 victories over Kansas State and TCU but they need to keep it going if they are going to stay in the conference race.
The 12th-ranked Baylor Bears escaped their first road game with a victory after scratching past Kansas State last week, and now look to get back to their high-scoring ways against the Iowa State Cyclones.
The Iowa State Cyclones are looking to get off the mat after a close and controversial loss to Texas a couple of weeks ago. They are not likely to be a factor in the B12 race this season but they could put certainly a dent in someone else’s chances by grabbing a game somewhere.
Iowa State (6-5) has lost 3 in a row to Kansas State (9-2) and they had their 2 game winning streak snapped with a loss last week.
Iowa State (6-4) scored a big upset last week knocking Oklahoma State from the ranks of the unbeaten and ruining their National Title hopes and they can ruin Oklahoma (9-2) and their Big 12 title hopes with another upset.
There’s an outside chance that the Iowa State Cyclones could make the Oklahoma State Cowboys sweat on Friday night in a contest that, unexpectedly, has national championship implications.
Texas A&M (4-2) has gotten over 2 close losses, which likely cost them a chance at a BCS bowl game, but they are back on track with 2 solid wins in a row, especially beating a ranked Baylor team last week.
