The Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin is bringing in a large number of Iowa State fans, benefiting local businesses and exposing Irish residents to American college football.

Texas opens at Ohio State in Week as a +2.5 point underdog and in October, the Longhorns do not play a home game. Texas goes to Florida, who is off a bye week, then to Dallas for the red river rivalry with Oklahoma, a trip to Kentucky who is off a bye, and to Mississippi State to end the month.

The Iowa State football team isn’t the only squad representing the state in Ireland this week. The Cyclones rugby team, along with Bondurant boys and Southeast Polk

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,

The Kansas State Wildcats and Iowa State Cyclones will act as unlikely global ambassadors for college football when they open their 2025 season on Saturday in Dublin, Ireland.

About 20,000 Iowa State fans purchased tickets through the school for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin. It felt like a few thousand of them jammed into Merrion Square Park for a pregame pep rally Friday afternoon.

IOWA, USA — 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.

Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell discussed the fan support in Ireland for their Week 0 game against Kansas State.