Iowa State

Big 12 · 29–8

Power+26.7#6 of 365

Résumé+18.13#15 · wins above average

Trendrating by week

Best winHouston (70–67)
Worst lossTCU (55–62)
Schedule faced+9.8 avg opponent

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	vs	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 88–50	+42.7	-4.7
1	vs	Grambling	W 102–62	+39.1	+0.9
2	N	Mississippi State	W 96–80	+20.5	-4.5
3	vs	Stonehill	W 96–57	+42.7	-3.7
4	N	St. John's	W 83–82	+3.2	-2.2
4	N	Creighton	W 78–60	+17.3	+0.7
4	N	Syracuse	W 95–64	+20.6	+10.4
5	vs	Alcorn State	W 132–68	+47.2	+16.8
5	at	Purdue	W 81–58	-1.6	+24.6
6	vs	Iowa	W 66–62	+11.6	-7.6
6	vs	Eastern Illinois	W 78–53	+40.9	-15.9
7	vs	Long Beach State	W 91–60	+37.7	-6.7
9	vs	Houston Christian	W 89–61	+41.7	-13.7
9	vs	West Virginia	W 80–59	+17.6	+3.4
10	at	Baylor	W 70–60	+10.5	-0.5
10	vs	Oklahoma State	W 83–71	+21.6	-9.6
11	at	Kansas	L 63–84	+3.7	-24.7
11	at	Cincinnati	L 70–79	+9.5	-18.5
12	vs	UCF	W 87–57	+18.1	+11.9
12	at	Oklahoma State	W 84–71	+16.1	-3.1
13	vs	Colorado	W 97–67	+20.8	+9.2
13	at	Kansas State	W 95–61	+19.0	+15.0
14	vs	Baylor	W 72–69	+15.9	-12.9
15	at	TCU	L 55–62	+11.0	-18.0
15	vs	Kansas	W 74–56	+9.1	+8.9
16	vs	Houston	W 70–67	+1.2	+1.8
16	at	BYU	L 69–79	+4.7	-14.7
17	at	Utah	W 75–59	+21.0	-5.0
17	vs	Texas Tech	L 73–82	+7.9	-16.9
18	at	Arizona	L 57–73	-7.4	-8.6
18	vs	Arizona State	W 86–65	+21.0	-0.0
19	N	Arizona State	W 91–42	+18.3	+30.7
19	N	Texas Tech	W 75–53	+5.1	+16.9
19	N	Arizona	L 80–82	-4.7	+2.7
20	N	Tennessee State	W 108–74	+27.7	+6.3
20	N	Kentucky	W 82–63	+8.5	+10.5
21	N	Tennessee	L 62–76	+3.6	-17.6

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #6 in 2025–26. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 250 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025–26	6 of 365	29–8	26.66	Power
2024–25	8 of 364	25–10	22.41	Power
2023–24	8 of 362	29–8	20.27	Power
2022–23	38 of 363	19–14	12.54	Power
2021–22	84 of 358	22–13	7.57	Power
2020–21	236 of 347	2–22	-4.81	Power
2019–20	152 of 353	12–20	41.75	MRI
2018–19	24 of 353	23–12	131.24	MRI
2017–18	193 of 351	12–18	26.71	MRI
2016–17	42 of 351	24–11	112.37	MRI
2015–16	39 of 351	23–12	114.88	MRI
2014–15	30 of 351	25–9	127.62	MRI
2013–14	29 of 351	28–8	134.07	MRI
2012–13	37 of 347	22–11	117.65	MRI
2011–12	54 of 345	21–11	99.22	MRI
2010–11	121 of 346	16–16	59.11	MRI
2009–10	123 of 335	15–17	55.88	MRI
2008–09	172 of 330	15–17	31.62	MRI
2007–08	196 of 328	14–18	20.03	MRI
2006–07	162 of 326	15–16	32.67	MRI
2005–06	99 of 326	16–14	64.02	MRI
2004–05	63 of 326	19–12	85.21	MRI