Iowa State ranked No. 25 in preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

Here come the Cyclones! The Iowa State football team takes the field against the University of Texas on Nov. 16. Iowa State won 23-21.

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For the second year in a row, the Iowa State football team has cracked the preseason top 25 USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, coming in at No. 25.

Iowa State was No. 24 in last season’s preseason top 25 USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

Ahead of Iowa State is Iowa, who listed at No. 23.

Three Big 12 teams are listed ahead of Iowa State, Oklahoma State at No. 16, Texas at No. 14 and Oklahoma at No. 6. 

In the Big 12 preseason Media Poll, Iowa State was picked behind those three schools.

Iowa State is coming off a 7-6 season in 2019 that ended with a 33-9 loss to then 15th ranked Notre Dame in the Camping World Bowl.