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Iowa State
Best finish
No. 2
Seasons ranked
24 / 26
Best finish
No. 2 (2025-2026)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 2000-2001 – 2025-2026
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's Basketball
Each point is Iowa State's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.
A year is lit when Iowa State was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s6 ranked
2010s10 ranked
2000s8 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2025-2026Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2025-2026 Schedule
8–4Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs |  Kansas State · neutral |
W 24–21 |
| Wk 1 | vs |  South Dakota |
W 55–7 |
| Wk 2 | vs |  Iowa |
W 16–13 |
| Wk 3 | at | Arkansas State | W 24–16 |
| Wk 5 | vs |  Arizona |
W 39–14 |
| Wk 6 | at |  Cincinnati |
L 30–38 |
| Wk 7 | at |  Colorado |
L 17–24 |
| Wk 9 | vs | 11 BYU |
L 27–41 |
| Wk 10 | vs |  Arizona State |
L 19–24 |
| Wk 11 | at |  TCU |
W 20–17 |
| Wk 13 | vs |  Kansas |
W 38–14 |
| Wk 14 | at |  Oklahoma State |
W 20–13 |