Utah at Iowa State — no line posted yet, but the model favors Utah (84%).
What’s at stake
Iowa State
- Iowa State is the program that turned 'losing for 100 years' into one of the most-loved Big 12 stories of the 2020s.
Utah
- Utah is ranked #21, right on the edge of the Top 25.
- Utah is the program that conquered the Pac-12 in 2021-2022 and now imports that culture to the Big 12.
The series
Iowa State leads the series 5-1
6 meetings since 1970 · Iowa State won the last meeting
- 2024Iowa State 31–28
- 2010Utah 68–27
- 1976Iowa State 44–14
- 1975Iowa State 31–3
- 1972Iowa State 44–22
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Utah
The chip · vs the national mediaUtah fans are tired of being the program the country keeps underrating — the conference-killer everyone treats as a fluke until it does it again. They'll tell you the Utes have out-toughed bluer blood than anyone wants to admit.
Iowa State
The chip · vs big brotherThe chip is shaped like the team across the state — Iowa State fans are tired of being the little sibling in their own Cy-Hawk rivalry, the program everyone roots for but nobody fears. They wanted Campbell's era to flip that for good, and now they have to defend it all over again.
Best players
Iowa State
- Drew Surges (DB) · 2025: 26 tackles
- Tamatoa McDonough (DL) · 2025: 26 tackles
- Jace J. Gilbert (DL) · 2025: 18 tackles
Utah
- Wayshawn Parker (RB) · 2025: 981 rushing yards
- Johnathan Hall (LB) · 2025: 63 tackles
- Devon Dampier (QB) · 2025: 2,490 passing yards — Heisman odds: 25th (+6000)
The line, and the room
Utah fans are feeling it more than most fanbases this week (38th percentile) — the mood matches the numbers.
Conditions
Iowa State is 70% at home, 52% on the road since 2018 (37-16 home, 21-19 away).