No. 22 Iowa State and No. 17 Kansas State open the college football season Saturday when the Big 12 rivals meet in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.

On Saturday, the 2025 college football season will open in Dublin, Ireland, with Kansas State and Iowa State facing off in a rivalry matchup that goes back more than a century. It’s the second straight year we’ve gotten a kickoff game in Ireland,

College football reporter Daire Carragher earned the respect of the Kansas State roster on Friday, after chugging two pints of Guinness as they drove by on an open-top bus

One of the sport's oldest rivalries is getting shipped out to Ireland, where the Cyclones and Wildcats meet as ranked teams.

At least a few Dublin businesses have made a hilarious mistake regarding the Kansas State flag ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic:

Iowa State fans also traveled to Dublin in large numbers. It will be interesting to see which team has more fans in attendance on Saturday. But the Wildcats stressed to fans that this is their home game. They urged fans to be as loud as possible at kickoff so the Cyclones feel like the game is being played in Manhattan instead of at a neutral site.

In just two days, Iowa State University's football team will face Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland. As a result of this year's jump across the pond, the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication sent some of their students there for gameday content — and they've been hard at work for the past week.

Kansas State football will land in Ireland later this week with a few new faces who are slated to be starters on Saturday. Here's what you should know.