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PRIMER: Iowa State at No. 8 BYU
10.07.2026 | Football
AMES, Iowa - The Cyclone football team leaves the state of Iowa for the first time this season as Iowa State ventures to Provo, Utah for a Friday night showdown against No. 8 BYU. Kickoff is set for 9:15 p.m. (CT) on ESPN.
Who: Iowa State (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) at No. 8 BYU (4-0, 2-0 Big 12)
Where: LaVell Edwards Stadium (62,073) – Provo, Utah
When: Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 – 9:15 p.m. (CT)
The Links
WATCH: ESPN
PxP: Anish Shroff; Analyst: Andre Ware; Reporter: Morgan Uber
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App, TuneIn Radio or Radio Affiliates
PxP: John Walters; Analyst: Eric Heft; Sideline: Ryan Harklau
GAME NOTES: ISU // BYU
LIVE STATS
2026 CYCLONE FOOTBALL YEARBOOK
MEDIA CENTER
INSIDE THE SERIES
7th Meeting
Overall: 5-1
Home: 2-1
Road: 3-0
Neutral: 0-0
Rogers vs. BYU: 0-0
Last Meeting: 10/25/25 (ISU 27, BYU 41)
CYCLONES vs. COUGARS
Iowa State and BYU will meet on the gridiron for the seventh time in the schools' history. ISU owns a 5-1 edge in the series, but BYU took the last meeting 41-27 last season in Ames.
This will be the third meeting between the teams as Big 12 Conference foes and the fourth all-time matchup in Provo. The last time the teams met in Provo resulted in a 45-13 Cyclone win in 2023. The Cyclones jumped all over BYU in that game, intercepting a pass on the game's first play, scoring a TD three plays later and then recovering a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. ISU was up 10-0 less than four minutes into the contest.
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
It's homecoming week on BYU's campus and Kalani Sitake's Cougars are 4-0 and ranked No. 8 in the country entering Friday's game against the Cyclones. BYU is a well-rounded football team with a top-30 offense and defense nationally. The offense is converting on 57.4 percent of its third downs, which is the fourth-best mark nationally.
With star running back LJ Martin expected to be sidelined due to injury, the Cougar offense will have to lean on Sophomore quarterback Bear Bachmeier. The signal caller is completing 64 percent of his passes this season for 704 yards and six touchdowns against just one interception. While not as elusive as the last two quarterbacks the Cyclones have seen, Bachmeier isn't afraid to put his shoulder down and run with the ball, posing a notable threat on the ground with four rushing TDs on the season. Through the air, he'll look to connect with freshman wide receiver Legend Glasker (14 rec, 279 yds, 2 TD) and Kyler Kasper (11 rec, 138 yds, 2 TD). Glasker also has two rushing TDs on the season and is the second FBS wide receiver over the last 30 years to have multiple rushing/receiving scores through four career games.
Defensively, BYU is expected to be without linebacker Isaiah Glasker. The unit is still solid, however, and ranks No. 17 nationally allowing 14.3 points per game. Through four games, BYU ranks No. 21 nationally allowing 268.0 yards per game. Defensive end Tausili Akana is averaging 1.5 tackles for loss per game, good for No. 14 in the country. He leads BYU with six tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks this year.
BYU is third nationally averaging 42 yards per kick return this season, making it important for Cyclone kicker Kyle Konrardy to get the ball out of the end zone on kickoffs. He has 28 touchbacks on 32 kickoffs this season.
| STAT COMPARISON | ||
| ISU | BYU | |
| 33.6 | Scoring (PPG) | 37.3 |
| 197.5 | Rushing Yards Per Game | 235.5 |
| 5.2 | Rushing Yards Per Carry | 6.1 |
| 11 | Rush TDs | 13 |
| 194.2 | Passing Yards Per Game | 179.8 |
| 73-123-4 | Comp-Att-Int | 56-89-2 |
| 8 | Passing TDs | 6 |
| 391.6 | Total Yards Per Game | 415.3 |
| 2-1 | Fumbles-Lost | 3-0 |
| 26-255 | Penalties-Yards | 27-219 |
UTAH CONNECTIONS
ISU has a pair of Utah natives on its roster in DE Isaac Terrell (Lehi, Utah) and WR Dominic Overby (West Jordan, Utah). Overby prepped at West Jordan High School in the Salt Lake City suburb, where he was a prep standout, particularly in track and field. Overby was a state champion in long jump and 100m dash, setting school records in both as well as the 200m. Terrell hails from Lehi, Utah where he played at Lehi HS where he was Region 8 Defensive MVP for the Pioneers.
Malaki Ta'ase, a defensive end for the Cyclones, has a family tie to the Cougars. His brother Mata'ava Ta'ase was a tight end for BYU in 2023 and 2024. He made 10 starts and had three TD catches for the Cougars in two seasons.
FLORA RUNS WILD
Aiden Flora was tabbed the Maxwell National Player of the Week, the Maxwell Football Club announced Wednesday. It is yet another weekly honor in the wake of Flora's stand-out performance against West Virginia last weekend.
On Tuesday, the Cyclone was named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week, Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week and Burlsworth Trophy Walk-On of the Week. Flora was already named the AP National Player of the Week and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Flora had the best game of his career last Saturday in a 45-42 Cyclone win over the Mountaineers. The redshirt-sophomore rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns and threw for a pair of touchdowns to become the ninth FBS player, and first Big 12 player, since 1996 with two passing touchdowns, three rushing touchdowns and 200 yards rushing in a game. He is the first non-quarterback to do so.
VOTE FLORA - You can vote for Flora, here, for the Paul Hornung Award, which is given annually to the most versatile player in college football.
Flora averaged 9.6 yards per rush against the Mountaineers and is averaging 8.1 yards per carry on the season, the third-best mark nationally and best in the Big 12. Flora has 594 rushing yards on the season, which ranks seventh nationally and second in the Big 12.
| Flora's NCAA Stat Rankings | ||
| Statistic | National Rank | Value |
| All-Purpose Yards/Game | 4 | 157.0 |
| Punt Return Yards/Game | 9 | 17.9 |
| Rush Yards/Carry | 3 | 8.1 |
| Rush TDs | 9 | 6 |
| Rush Yards | 7 | 594 |
| Rush Yards/Game | 7 | 118.8 |
OTHER NOTABLES
- Iowa State defeated West Virginia, 45-42, in its last game. The Cyclones had 577 yards of total offense, its most since putting up 714 against UL-Monroe in 2019 and the most against a Big 12 opponent since doing so against Texas Tech in 2016. ISU absolutely dominated time of possession, or as OC Tyler Roehl calls it "Time of Physicality", with a 38:14-21:46 edge.
- This will be Iowa State's third game of the season against a ranked opponent and its second against a top-15 opponent. Since 2017, Iowa State has 14 wins vs. Top-25 teams, four vs. Top-10 teams and six vs. Top-25 teams on the road.
- ISU has 12 wins in school history over ranked teams on the road with six occurring since 2017 (Oklahoma, Memphis, Oklahoma State, Texas, K-State, Iowa).
- From 2006-16, Iowa State was 12-48 on the road. Since 2017, ISU has a 25-24 record in road games.
- Iowa State has rushed for 100 or more yards in 22-straight games, the sixth-longest streak nationally (longest among Power-4 teams).
- Running back Ryver Peppers made his return to action against WVU. The second-year player tore his Achilles as a freshman at Colorado on his first career play. Peppers had eight carries for 29 yards against the Mountaineers.
- Quarterback Jaylen Raynor has made 41 career starts and owns 23 wins as a starter, tied for the sixth-most among active FBS quarterbacks.
- Vince Benetti is one of two tight ends in the Big 12 Conference with at least three receiving touchdowns (Kari Ashley, TCU).
- Cody Jackson had a breakout game against West Virginia, finishing the game with six receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown.
- Omari Hayes has a catch in all five games and leads the Cyclones with 14 receptions .
- Linebacker Sullivan Schlimgen is ISU's leading tackler with 9.2 stops per game, which is second-most in the Big 12.
- ISU kicker Kyle Konrardy has a school-record six 50-yard kicks in his career, including a pair of game-winners from 54 yards and a career-best of 63 yards. Konrardy has made 18-straight field goals from 45 yards and in.
CYCAST WITH THE CYCLONE RADIO CREW
John Walters, Eric Heft and Ryan Harklau sit down to preview BYU ahead of this weekend's game.
To listen, CLICK HERE.
WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Jimmy Rogers, Jesse Bobbit, Omari Hayes, Vince Benetti, Bryson Lamb and Brody Miller spoke with the media on Tuesday. Watch their interviews below.
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