Iowa State Cyclones college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Iowa State are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Iowa State Cyclones teams.

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1971

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2000

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Iowa State football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Iowa State football rankings
			Massey		Howell		Sorenson		TFS		Hatch		Loudsound		Jellyjuke		Squaregear		Entropy		CPI		Moore		Bihl		Sagedrive		Congrove		M Cubed
Season	Overall Rating	Record	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating
2021	0.482	7 - 6	15	8.07	35	0.68	25	6650	22	149.17	36	0.57	48	43.17	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	85.49	34	6.10	N/A	N/A	44	87.40	49	-0.14
2020	0.669	9 - 3	6	8.42	13	0.80	21	13347	N/A	N/A	20	0.70	N/A	N/A	14	1.14	15	0.61	8	66.42	23	0.06	15	87.59	10	14.67	N/A	N/A	28	79.09	20	1.01
2019	0.549	7 - 6	28	1.85	37	0.63	34	27148	35	142.78	40	0.53	44	43.85	50	0.23	49	0.54	24	59.15	53	0.03	29	73.46	37	5.16	53	0.57	44	42.58	45	-0.09
2018	0.568	8 - 5	33	1.90	42	0.64	31	22164	32	145.32	31	0.57	43	43.58	39	0.49	38	0.56	36	54.41	38	0.05	28	78.01	31	7.45	38	0.65	38	46.68	35	0.28
2017	0.575	8 - 5	22	1.99	29	0.69	29	23946	29	143.53	28	0.58	36	47.68	37	0.53	38	0.56	30	55.86	37	0.04	30	76.93	30	7.90	37	0.64	42	43.65	38	0.09
2016	0.405	3 - 9	76	1.50	99	0.40	84	17199	93	127.55	100	0.26	113	25.01	97	-0.71	108	0.43	85	64.16	113	0.00	72	62.90	89	-5.05	112	0.26	108	15.78	100	-2.02
2015	0.451	3 - 9	73	1.52	92	0.44	62	20601	67	135.16	91	0.32	87	32.34	91	-0.56	92	0.45	69	66.99	102	0.00	69	64.83	85	-4.28	94	0.33	94	42.83	84	-1.52
2014	0.377	2 - 10	83	1.37	109	0.33	90	15022	93	127.04	113	0.19	108	26.22	99	-0.80	115	0.41	85	60.17	117	0.00	82	58.72	89	-5.75	116	0.20	121	9.36	114	-2.91
2013	0.407	3 - 9	66	1.53	98	0.36	78	13862	84	124.77	97	0.26	100	25.33	89	-0.50	97	0.44	69	62.63	99	0.00	64	65.52	80	-3.03	99	0.28	98	15.43	99	-1.98
2012	0.493	6 - 7	56	1.68	59	0.58	51	23711	56	89.06	55	0.50	58	42.13	62	0.10	65	0.52	49	73.24	69	0.02	56	66.98	55	3.01	67	0.53	71	33.25	67	-0.60
2011	0.502	6 - 7	46	1.67	51	0.57	37	25439	32	93.34	46	0.50	45	43.32	42	0.24	52	0.53	40	73.81	59	0.02	63	65.49	37	4.29	55	0.55	70	31.37	54	0.08
2010	0.459	5 - 7	66	1.57	75	0.49	54	20152	55	83.07	63	0.43	59	39.74	64	-0.07	62	0.51	59	73.20	69	0.02	63	64.40	60	0.29	68	0.48	83	26.30	62	-0.03
2009	0.469	7 - 6	59	1.59	63	0.55	69	19487	67	81.85	64	0.43	62	39.41	64	-0.03	64	0.51	54	74.54	62	0.02	69	63.12	62	-0.24	62	0.52	67	32.03	70	-0.32
2008	0.315	2 - 10	98	1.27	108	0.32	100	17832	104	75.22	106	0.17	112	21.14	113	-1.44	113	0.39	97	59.95	112	0.00	101	52.07	110	-13.95	113	0.16	113	8.83	117	-2.27
2007	0.377	3 - 9	84	1.27	97	0.38	84	16684	85	74.48	92	0.27	96	27.38	85	-0.58	95	0.44	82	67.88	100	0.00	71	63.21	82	-4.51	95	0.29	105	13.86	93	-1.00
2006	0.369	4 - 8	92	1.24	98	0.34	90	15843	89	74.01	93	0.26	92	28.52	92	-0.74	91	0.45	93	62.21	88	0.01	82	59.62	84	-6.55	94	0.32	89	20.94	99	-1.29
2005	0.547	7 - 5	34	1.85	29	0.65	30	29771	30	99.81	33	0.57	41	42.45	43	0.32	39	0.55	33	77.40	39	0.04	24	78.46	39	3.70	42	0.61	40	42.66	50	0.21
2004	0.516	7 - 5	50	1.58	48	0.59	44	25923	39	96.61	40	0.53	50	41.47	43	0.29	37	0.54	46	73.51	37	0.04	51	68.02	39	3.23	40	0.60	50	37.75	47	0.26
2003	0.322	2 - 10	97	1.10	102	0.29	89	16830	93	75.76	102	0.18	97	24.20	103	-1.18	95	0.42	96	56.78	102	0.00	94	49.72	98	-11.42	97	0.24	106	9.98	92	-0.96
2002	0.528	7 - 7	46	1.70	43	0.62	39	23746	45	118.27	51	0.50	44	42.90	49	0.28	46	0.54	32	79.63	48	0.03	60	61.48	41	5.12	52	0.57	61	38.33	43	0.49
2001	0.535	7 - 5	48	1.76	47	0.60	40	27578	39	122.28	54	0.48	54	41.06	49	0.23	49	0.53	40	75.87	45	0.03	42	68.27	46	3.56	50	0.58	48	43.36	50	-0.23
2000	0.605	9 - 3	14	1.96	29	0.68	26	28826	23	123.51	23	0.62	20	49.77	18	0.85	17	0.58	15	84.25	18	0.06	37	67.64	20	8.73	17	0.75	29	55.50	20	0.99
1999	0.420	4 - 7	74	1.46	76	0.46	71	20428	76	95.98	73	0.35	76	31.45	88	-0.59	81	0.46	66	66.86	84	0.01	63	61.00	81	-4.87	81	0.37	81	26.35	76	-0.48
1998	0.384	3 - 8	69	1.44	81	0.39	67	802	70	94.95	75	0.34	82	28.56	80	-0.54	81	0.45	80	62.30	84	0.00	77	55.00	70	-4.13	81	0.32	91	20.32	75	-0.61
1997	0.302	1 - 10	93	1.16	103	0.27	94	-8471	95	86.02	103	0.12	93	25.10	104	-1.23	103	0.39	94	55.25	106	0.00	57	61.00	102	-12.90	104	0.15	107	7.53	96	-1.39
1996	0.363	2 - 9	70	1.49	81	0.41	81	-49	78	92.52	88	0.27	98	24.13	98	-1.00	94	0.42	69	64.94	97	0.00	56	63.00	90	-8.40	95	0.24	100	14.46	92	-1.25
1995	0.374	3 - 8	78	1.36	76	0.40	65	-545	72	92.44	76	0.30	66	32.42	74	-0.61	73	0.45	83	59.49	82	0.00	82	55.00	77	-7.53	76	0.33	88	17.96	65	-0.44
1994	0.265	0 - 10 - 1	97	0.99	99	0.27	101	-10755	97	83.58	103	0.05	99	18.01	102	-1.43	102	0.37	102	46.74	106	0.00	74	57.00	100	-15.96	103	0.08	104	1.95	95	-1.82
1993	0.394	3 - 8	61	1.46	72	0.43	64	1520	65	97.30	74	0.32	79	29.12	77	-0.52	76	0.45	58	64.98	87	0.00	59	62.00	71	-3.51	78	0.34	69	13.07	74	-0.74
1992	0.408	4 - 7	75	1.36	87	0.39	72	-42	76	93.39	90	0.26	85	27.46	77	-0.43	87	0.44	75	71.75	84	0.01	53	64.00	72	-3.03	86	0.32	N/A	N/A	96	-1.51
1991	0.394	3 - 7 - 1	75	1.29	81	0.37	78	-1240	81	90.72	83	0.27	73	31.58	82	-0.66	75	0.45	81	64.29	80	0.00	72	57.00	74	-5.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	71	-0.57
1990	0.439	4 - 6 - 1	57	1.48	57	0.49	66	-2300	60	98.33	67	0.36	67	33.04	64	-0.29	61	0.49	57	66.90	65	0.01	63	60.00	62	-1.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	70	-0.40
1989	0.451	6 - 5	61	1.40	65	0.47	61	-1585	63	98.00	55	0.43	47	39.40	58	-0.08	57	0.49	60	63.52	57	0.02	55	63.00	62	-1.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	49	0.20
1988	0.429	5 - 6	69	1.32	68	0.43	59	-1006	64	96.18	68	0.35	64	34.94	65	-0.30	68	0.48	74	69.36	65	0.01	71	58.00	61	-3.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	61	-0.21
1987	0.364	3 - 8	82	1.10	89	0.35	73	-5057	75	91.08	81	0.26	79	28.19	90	-0.82	79	0.44	93	59.68	85	0.00	92	49.00	85	-8.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	64	-0.47
1986	0.454	6 - 5	66	1.33	60	0.51	66	-1904	68	96.06	58	0.40	46	39.97	56	-0.07	51	0.51	63	67.64	44	0.02	59	60.00	59	-1.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	48	0.14
1985	0.427	5 - 6	78	1.09	81	0.41	63	-1862	69	96.01	57	0.40	45	39.76	58	-0.19	57	0.49	74	67.32	59	0.01	76	56.00	68	-3.43	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	70	-0.76
1984	0.366	2 - 7 - 2	84	1.15	87	0.38	90	-7388	87	89.52	93	0.18	85	26.92	93	-0.87	93	0.41	88	63.80	94	0.00	66	60.00	92	-9.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	73	-0.81
1983	0.418	4 - 7	74	1.27	82	0.42	58	-698	69	98.12	81	0.30	74	31.34	69	-0.35	73	0.47	78	65.75	75	0.01	61	59.00	72	-3.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	72	-0.66
1982	0.425	4 - 6 - 1	68	1.40	68	0.48	69	-2495	69	96.42	81	0.29	76	31.89	75	-0.36	78	0.46	58	72.44	82	0.01	71	57.00	73	-3.84	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	81	-0.86
1981	0.495	5 - 5 - 1	65	1.35	59	0.58	49	3194	52	105.05	42	0.54	53	40.78	56	0.18	51	0.52	48	77.63	61	0.02	73	57.00	49	2.74	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	77	-0.22
1980	0.504	6 - 5	45	1.57	44	0.62	40	4815	39	108.15	54	0.48	54	39.58	53	0.17	51	0.52	37	75.49	56	0.02	53	62.00	54	1.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	67	-0.04
1979	0.410	3 - 8	83	1.16	104	0.42	76	-948	88	96.75	100	0.30	N/A	N/A	108	-0.69	108	0.43	84	63.68	113	0.00	56	61.00	97	-5.37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	97	-0.86
1978	0.554	8 - 4	37	1.71	41	0.64	28	7422	28	113.54	33	0.59	39	44.37	37	0.58	36	0.55	27	79.87	46	0.03	32	68.00	28	8.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	0.72
1977	0.552	8 - 4	32	1.73	37	0.69	34	6685	31	114.98	31	0.60	38	45.38	44	0.49	42	0.55	32	77.46	43	0.04	25	70.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	44	0.46
1976	0.604	8 - 3	18	1.95	21	0.74	20	9999	22	116.64	21	0.67	20	50.73	24	0.93	26	0.59	9	86.67	27	0.06	18	74.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	1.07
1975	0.463	4 - 7	49	1.40	71	0.51	43	3367	50	106.45	67	0.44	67	38.17	81	-0.19	80	0.48	48	68.83	87	0.01	51	65.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	73	-0.06
1974	0.486	4 - 7	42	1.65	57	0.58	45	4131	50	107.97	58	0.46	78	32.71	79	-0.22	73	0.48	46	74.46	82	0.01	25	74.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	69	-0.27
1973	0.501	4 - 7	25	1.77	38	0.64	45	3897	37	111.54	45	0.51	58	39.36	61	0.03	61	0.50	30	76.65	79	0.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	77	-0.30
1972	0.503	5 - 6 - 1	31	1.69	33	0.66	39	4427	37	110.35	54	0.49	61	37.67	60	0.06	57	0.51	26	79.42	68	0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	55	0.13
1971	0.608	8 - 4	18	2.00	17	0.75	15	11124	16	121.83	21	0.65	17	51.36	18	0.94	18	0.60	13	85.30	19	0.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	1.12
1970	0.514	5 - 6	34	1.78	38	0.65	35	5859	36	112.57	42	0.53	57	39.24	56	0.16	54	0.52	34	77.60	63	0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	66	0.01