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AP: Upstart Iowa St. enters key stretch in contention in Big 12
(AP) – It’s getting real in Ames.
Iowa State (5-2, 3-1) is off to its best start in 15 years and on Sunday entered The Associated Press poll for the first time since 2005, at No. 25. And this week the Cyclones play fourth-ranked TCU on homecoming for – get this – a share of first place in the Big 12.
Typically the Cyclones are playing out the string by late October. A 31-13 win at Texas Tech on Saturday offered more evidence that this isn’t the same team that had not won more than three games in a season since 2012 and had finished ninth or 10th in the 10-team Big 12 in four of the six years since the conference ended its division alignment.
Read more at http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...rs-key-stretch-in-contention-in-big-12-102217
(AP) – It’s getting real in Ames.
Iowa State (5-2, 3-1) is off to its best start in 15 years and on Sunday entered The Associated Press poll for the first time since 2005, at No. 25. And this week the Cyclones play fourth-ranked TCU on homecoming for – get this – a share of first place in the Big 12.
Typically the Cyclones are playing out the string by late October. A 31-13 win at Texas Tech on Saturday offered more evidence that this isn’t the same team that had not won more than three games in a season since 2012 and had finished ninth or 10th in the 10-team Big 12 in four of the six years since the conference ended its division alignment.
Read more at http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...rs-key-stretch-in-contention-in-big-12-102217