After starting the season 7-0, Clone U has lost two in a row and finishes its season vs Cincinnati, and at Utah before the season finale in which it hosts Kansas State.
It should be reiterated that Iowa State has never won more than nine football games in a season, matching that total in 1906, 2000 and 2020 under A.W. Ristine, Dan McCarney and current head coach Matt Campbell respectively.