Iowa State·Big 12

2026 — The Chapter Being Written

The 2026 season is in progress. This chapter is still being written.

Record 4-4
Final result In-progress
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sout Sta 38-10 L @ Iowa 13-16 W vs Bowl Gre 55-7 L vs Utah 17-31 W vs West Vir 45-42 L @ BYU 10-24 L @ Arizona 3-39 W vs Okla St 51-49

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2026.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2026 season's largest margin: Iowa State 55, Bowling Green 7. A 48-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Iowa State 3, Arizona 39. A 36-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Clones"
— Iowa State fanbase voice · 2026· synthesized
What it meant

2026 is a middle chapter for Iowa State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.