AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State’s October of knocking Big 12 contenders from the prime position in the College Football Playoff race came to a raucous and resounding end on Saturday.
The No. 25 Cyclones, ranked for the first time since 2005, upset No. 4 TCU 14-7 to leave this league without an unbeaten as the CFP committee prepares to unveil its first rankings of the season on Tuesday.
The storybook resurgence under second-year coach Matt Campbell continued as ISU (6-2, 4-1) claimed a share of first place in the Big 12 with TCU and Oklahoma State, pending the result Saturday of Oklahoma’s meeting with Texas Tech.