UPCOMING Saturday, November 14 · TBD

Cincinnati BearcatsCincinnati vs Iowa State CyclonesIowa State

Jack Trice Stadium

Scoring by quarter

Average points per quarter, 2026 season

Cincinnati vs Iowa State scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4 Game
Cincinnati 3.47.612.610.2 33.8
Iowa State 8.411.06.08.2 33.6
Cincinnati vs Iowa State scoring by quarter
Cincinnati Qtr Iowa State
3.4Q18.4
7.6Q211.0
12.6Q36.0
10.2Q48.2
33.8Game33.6

Rivalry highlights

Series record
1-2
Cincinnati first, 3 meetings since 2023
Series leader
Iowa State
Iowa State lead 1-2 in 3 meetings since 2023
Widest recent margin
20 points
Iowa State 30-10 Cincinnati, 2023
Tightest recent margin
8 points
Iowa State 30-38 Cincinnati, 2025
Highest recent total
68 points
Iowa State 30-38 Cincinnati, 2025

Key players by position

Each side's leader at the position this season, by real production. Full rosters live on each team hub.

Head to head

Full rivalry page
Cincinnati 1 3 meetings since 2023 2 Iowa State

Iowa State lead 1-2 in 3 meetings since 2023 Series leader: Iowa State.

Team stats, 2026 season

CincinnatiIowa State
33.810th Points per game 11th33.6
23.213th Points allowed 12th21.2
427.69th Total yards per game 15th391.6
6.67th Yards per play 10th6.2
230.85th Rush yards per game 9th197.4
196.812th Pass yards per game 13th194.2
20.414th First downs per game 15th20.2
48.4%7th Third-down rate 13th34.5%
+51st Turnover margin 6th+2
74th Takeaways 4th7
107th Sacks 12th9
89th Sacks allowed 5th5
66.414th Penalty yards per game 5th51.0
29:0913th Time of possession 9th31:17

Rank within each team's conference. 2026 season totals to date from CollegeFootballData.

Cincinnati: last 15 games

9-6 in the last 15 · 29.5 scored · 27.3 allowed

The matchup

Team comparison
Cincinnati Split Iowa State
4-12026 record3-2
1-1Conference1-1
169Points for168
116Points against106
L1FormW1

Recent meetings

2024
Cincinnati 17 : 34 Iowa State
2023
Iowa State 30 : 10 Cincinnati
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Cincinnati · QB JC French
Pass yards
949
Pass TD
6
Comp-Att
86-123
INT
0
Payne rush
392 yds
Gibson rec
267 yds
Iowa State · QB Jaylen Raynor
Pass yards
903
Pass TD
6
Comp-Att
69-119
INT
4
Flora rush
594 yds
Overby rec
212 yds
4 JC French IV QB 5 Samaj Jones QB 10 Liam O'Brien QB 12 Brooks Goodman QB 15 Will Kocher QB 22 JJ Miller QB 3 Cole Tabb RB 6 Gi'Bran Payne RB 7 Zylan Perry RB 13 Zion Johnson RB 25 James Lewis RB 26 Jayzon Thompson RB 0 Isaiah Johnson WR 2 Larenzo Fenner WR 8 Cade Wolford WR 9 Malachi Henry WR 11 JV Gibson WR 14 Elijah Jones WR 16 Flynn Schiele WR 17 H'eij Jackson WR 18 Giyahni Kontosis WR 19 Dadrien Waller WR 20 Joshua Smith WR 27 Taizaun Burns WR 80 Jalen Williams WR 89 Pierce Ayers WR 82 Ka'Maurri Smith TE 83 Devyn Zahursky TE 84 Gavin Gregory TE 85 Lyviel Waters TE 86 Kellen Davis TE 87 Gavin Grover TE 88 DaMari Witherspoon TE 50 Evan Tengesdahl OL 52 Austin Hoane OL 55 Solomon Mathis OL 59 Jake Wheelock OL 61 Nathan Zappitelli OL 63 Zac Clarke OL 66 Xavier Lozowicki OL 67 Luke Grover OL 69 JP Schrieber OL 70 Cray Paich OL 71 Judea Milon OL 72 Nolan Latulippe OL 73 Aiden Pastoriza OL 74 Joe Cotton OL 75 Marcus McGregor OL 76 Zach Taylor OL 77 Taran Tyo OL 78 Grant Edgington OL 79 Luke Collins OL 4 Marquaze Parker DL 11 Chidera Otutu DL 26 Cam Roetherford DL 88 CD McFee DL 90 Darrius Simmons DL 92 Elijah Gunn DL 94 Juan Bates DL 95 Josh Hough DL 96 Nathan Nunn DL 97 Kamron Neal DL 99 Jonathan Rulo DL 10 Patrick Bauer EDGE 16 Jaylon White-McClain EDGE 17 Brian Simms III EDGE 24 Terrell Holcomb EDGE 34 Myles Harrison EDGE 54 Thomas Johnson EDGE 60 Lance Dawson EDGE 82 James Early EDGE 91 Drew Logan EDGE 93 Keegan Horn EDGE 3 Antwan Peek Jr. LB 5 Marqavious Saboor LB 9 Damaine Wilson LB 12 Filip Maciorowski LB 15 Jamari Johnson LB 22 Jonathan Thompson LB 23 Jaidon Windom LB 31 Simeon Coleman LB 33 George Leibold LB 35 Drew Robinson LB 36 Evan Weinberg LB 44 Montay Weedon LB 45 Jaxon Newton LB 52 Ronan Casanova LB 0 Jacob Finley CB 6 Zay Johnson CB 8 Kenny Worthy CB 13 Patrick Williams CB 14 KK Meier CB 21 Jamarion McKinney CB 25 Daniel James CB 29 Kameron Hurst CB 2 MJ Cannon S 7 Ty Goodwill S 18 Jasper Beeler S 19 CJ Jones S 20 CJ Crite S 27 Markell Taylor S 30 D'Angelo Hutchinson S 32 Landen Schaefer S 46 Xavier Starks S 93 Max Lemasters PK 99 Stephen Rusnak PK 31 Max Fletcher P 35 Dino Beslagic P 41 Kenny Baker LS 48 Eli Stein LS
1 Jaylen Raynor QB 5 Connor Moberly QB 6 Zane Flores QB 16 Wyatt Bohm QB 18 Hudson Kurland QB 0 Cameron Pettaway RB 3 Arnold Barnes III RB 7 Salahadin Allah RB 20 Caleb Francois RB 21 Aiden Flora RB 22 Ryver Peppers RB 25 Easton Miller RB 27 Gabriel Wilson RB 44 Wyatt Archer RB 2 Cody Jackson WR 4 Carter Pabst WR 8 Evan Boyd WR 9 Omari Hayes WR 11 Dominic Overby WR 12 Braden Goellner WR 13 Jamal Polite Jr. WR 17 Jordyn Bailey WR 23 Carson Robbins WR 33 Zach Eskildsen WR 34 Jeffrey Roberts WR 80 Malcolm Watkins WR 82 Trevor Fortenberry WR 83 Sam Zelenovich WR 86 Ray Coffey WR 89 Ty Claiborne WR 10 Cash Hayden TE 14 Drake DeBaun TE 19 Tyler Fortenberry TE 37 Vince Benetti TE 39 AJ Petersen TE 40 Carson Edney TE 41 Rylan Barnes TE 48 Jack Bjorn TE 81 Luke Galer TE 84 Drew Byrd TE 85 Keaton Roskop TE 87 Jordan Vyborny TE 88 Christian Greenlaw TE 51 Maasai King OL 52 Kingston Fotualii OL 54 Cade Myer OL 55 Trevor Bindel OL 56 Colin Amick OL 61 Benji Makelela OL 62 Braden Simonsen OL 63 Braden Smith OL 64 Brady Harr OL 65 Garret Rutledge OL 66 Derek Worden OL 68 Makai Sat OL 69 Dontrell Holt OL 70 Gavin Proudfoot OL 71 Gabriel Greenlee OL 72 Austin Barrett OL 74 Gavin Broscious OL 77 Caden Maas OL 78 DeAndre Carter OL 79 Jake Taylor OL 44 Trey Verdon DE 47 Tyler Burnstein DE 50 Jack Limbaugh DE 55 Jace Gilbert DE 57 Ajibola Afuye DE 88 Isaac Terrell DE 91 Blake Hawkins DE 92 Caden Crawford DE 93 Jack Janikowski DE 96 Chet Andrews DE 98 Malaki Ta'ase DE 0 Zaimir Hawk DT 13 Kaleb Bilal-Jones DT 53 Jaden Weaver DT 59 Daniel Howard DT 89 Donovan Fitzmaurice DT 90 Jareb Ramos DT 94 Jake Jones DT 95 Ka'Mori Moore DT 97 Max Baloun DT 99 Bryson Lamb DT 7 Sullivan Schlimgen LB 8 Tristan Exline LB 10 Carson Willich LB 11 Willie Breland III LB 12 Ethan Stecker LB 16 Malcolm Jones LB 17 Connor Welsch LB 31 Montreze Smith Jr. LB 34 Beau Goodwin LB 36 Bradley Esser LB 40 Landon Kalsbeck LB 1 Keyon Washington CB 3 Seth Johnson CB 5 Beni Ngoyi CB 9 Jaheim Singletary CB 18 David Coffey CB 20 Trillion Sorrell CB 26 Tyrone Cotton III CB 29 Toe Sanders CB 32 Angelo Jackson CB 38 Amiri Barnes CB 2 Braden Awls S 4 Micah Harper S 6 Drew Surges S 14 Damarius Russell S 19 Eddie Lemos S 21 Duhron Goodman S 22 Xavier Martinez S 24 Brody Miller S 33 Brady Hummel S 35 Tayten Duncan S 42 Matthew McClain S 43 Caden Matson S 93 Greg Hubbard PK 94 Chase Smith PK 97 Kyle Konrardy PK 98 Adlai Lounsbury PK 95 Ethan Gurney P 99 Jonah DuPont P 56 Caleb Schmidt LS 57 Gavin Schieler LS 60 Jacob Lyftogt LS

Matchup stats

Last five games

Cincinnati

DateOppResult
10-03 atARIZ L 7-34
09-26 vsKSU W 31-26
09-19 vsMOH W 35-31
09-12 vsWCU W 62-10
09-05 vsBC W 34-15

Iowa State

DateOppResult
10-03 vsWVU W 45-42
09-26 vsUTAH L 17-31
09-19 vsBGSU W 55-7
09-12 atIOWA L 13-16
09-05 vsSEMO W 38-10

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

Big 12

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Utah 400 1.00017341
Texas Tech 500 1.00017481
BYU 400 1.00014957
Houston 410 .80020599
Baylor 410 .80017471
Arizona 410 .80016283
Cincinnati 410 .800169116
Kansas State 310 .75016261
Oklahoma State 310 .75014979
UCF 320 .60016288
Iowa State 320 .600168106
West Virginia 320 .600187144
Kansas 220 .50014468
Arizona State 220 .500133127
TCU 230 .40012767
Colorado 230 .40093127

Records computed from completed games this season

How to watch Cincinnati vs Iowa State

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Frequently asked questions

What channel is Cincinnati vs Iowa State on?

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When does Cincinnati play Iowa State?

Kickoff for Cincinnati vs Iowa State is TBD at Jack Trice Stadium, on November 14, 2026.