Cincinnati at 
Iowa StateThe venue
Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA
43°F
average temperature
10 mph
average wind
30%
of days see rain
Ten seasons at this venue for this two-week window — a fact about the place, not a forecast for the day.
What the models make it
SP+2026
Cincinnati0.9
FPI2026
Cincinnati2.8
Elo2025
Iowa State5.8
SRS2025
Iowa State6.9
Predicted margin in points, each system carrying its own home-field bump. The year under a name is the season those ratings come from. The market row is the spread as it stands, via collegefootballdata.com. Where that is last season, the rating is regressed toward the mean for how wrong a rating can be about a team this early.
The series
Iowa State 2–1 Cincinnati as conference opponents since 2011.
If these two finish level in the standings, step (a) of the tiebreaker is head-to-head — which is this game. It is the first thing that separates them, before any of the six steps below it are read.