The Iowa State Cyclones bounced back from their season-opening loss against Louisiana to steamroll their way to a Big 12 title game appearance. One might chafe at the use of “steamroll” but really, that’s as good a way to describe the way their five game winning streak which saw them take out Kansas, Baylor, Kansas State, Texas, & West Virginia by an average margin of 40 to 9.8.
The excitement briefly stopped when Oklahoma avenged their early-season loss to the Cyclones by winning the conference championship game, 27-21. In a weird bit of math held by the record books (cfb-ref), the Cyclones finished second despite having the best win percentage.