Big 12 · 2026

Iowa State

3–4
CFPi+ rank#62of 138 FBS teams
+1.3CFPi+ rating
#45Best: Defense
#85Weakest: EPi+ efficiency
5Games left
CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#62+1.3
Offense#77+24.2
Defense#45+23.0
EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#85-4.6
Off EPi+#96-4.4
Def EPi+#66+0.2
Advanced stats

Offense and defense

StatOffenseDefense
Success rate#11938.1%#8542.4%
Explosiveness#40+1.297#93+1.280
Havoc rate#11617.4%#8515.1%
Pass PPA#98+0.120#95+0.257
Rush PPA#73+0.093#76+0.070

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#68-0.2
Recruiting#58+3.5
Returning#138-22.8
247 talent#68669.5
Head coach#81-0.6
National composite

What other systems say

Composite#63+1.0
SP+#76-1.2
SP+ off#93+23.6
SP+ def#60+25.2
ESPN FPI#63+1.5
Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#108339.9
Yards/G allowed#82370.1
Pass yards/G#123176.9
Rush yards/G#59163.0
3rd down#13529.4%
3rd down allowed#3834.4%
Sacks/G#1091.4
Takeaways/G#691.1

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

WkOpponentResultProjectedWin probMarketEdge
1vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 38–10Final
2@IowaL 13–16Final
3vsBowling GreenW 55–7Final
4vs#12UtahL 17–31Final
5vsWest VirginiaW 45–42Final
6@#16BYUL 10–24Final
8@#20ArizonaL 3–39Final
9vsOklahoma State—
10@Baylor—
11vsCincinnati—
12@UCF—
13vsKansas State—

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CFPi-X V4.0 Selected · data vintage 10/26/2026