Look: Iowa State Cyclones’ Full 2024 Football Schedule
The Big 12 has officially released the full 2024 football schedule, giving Matt Campbell and the Iowa State Cyclones their first glimpse of what life in the new-look conference will be like.
The addition of four new teams combined with the exit of Oklahoma and Texas will create a 16-team Big 12 conference made up of some of the most diverse and exciting football programs in the country.
Iowa State is coming off a great season, given a multitude of offseason distractions, and is hoping for more of the same next year. Here’s what their 2024 schedule looks like.
2024 Iowa State Football Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31 | North Dakota | Ames, IA |
| Sep. 7 | @ Iowa | Iowa City, IA |
| Sep. 14 | BYE | — |
| Sep. 21 | Arkansas State | Ames, IA |
| Sep. 28 | @ Houston | Houston, TX |
| Oct. 5 | Baylor | Ames, IA |
| Oct. 12 | @ West Virginia | Morgantown, WV |
| Oct. 19 | UCF | Ames, IA |
| Oct. 26 | BYE | — |
| Nov. 2 | Texas Tech | Ames, IA |
| Nov. 9 | @ Kansas | Kansas City, KS |
| Nov. 16 | Cincinnati | Ames, IA |
| Nov. 23 | @ Utah | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Nov. 30 | Kansas State | Ames, IA |
Iowa State has seven home games in Ames in 2024, playing host to North Dakota and Arkansas State in the nonconference slate and Baylor, UCF, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, and Kansas State in Big 12 play. The Cyclones will have four road games against Big 12 opponents, at Houston, West Virginia, Kansas, and Utah
Iowa State went 7-6 (6-3 Big 12) in 2023, finishing fifth in the conference standings. With plenty of pieces returning in 2024, they’ll hope to build on top of the promising year.