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Top College Football Rankings: Iowa State Ranked for First Time Since 2005
Iowa State Cyclones defeated No. 15 TCU on Saturday.
The Iowa State Cyclones have cracked the top 25 teams in college football for the first time since 2005.
Iowa State comes in at No. 25 in the latest USA Today/Coaches Poll. They are not ranked in the Associated Press poll.
The move in the polls comes after Iowa State took down No. 15 Texas Christian University 37-23 on Saturday in Forth Worth, TX.
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In the perplexing ways that only make sense to people who vote in the polls, TCU (4-1) came in ahead of Iowa State (4-1), at No. 23 in the Coaches Poll, even after losing.
This is the first time Iowa State has been ranked since November 2005. That squad included Bret Meyer, Austin Blyth, Stevie Hicks and Jamar Buchanan.
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Next up for the Cyclones is a tough challenge. ISU takes on the newly crowned No. 5 team in the nation, Kansas State. This game is at Jack Tryce Stadium in Ames at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
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