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.

After months of detailed preparation, Iowa State football is hoping to avoid any jet lag and start the 2025 season with a win over Kansas State.

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.

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.

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

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

Members of the Iowa State marching band swapped their instruments out for kazoos for their ride through the streets of Dublin on a double-decker bus.The band has joined the football team and thousands of Cyclones fans in Ireland ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.