IOWA STATE
OPENING KICK
• No. 14/14 Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0) plays its final Big 12 Conference home opener when it hosts Iowa State (2-2, 1-0) on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised by FS1 with Jeff Levering and Mark Helfrich announcing.
• Oklahoma owns a 79-7-2 all-time record against Iowa State and is 18-2 in the series in the Big 12 era. The Sooners’ .909 series winning percentage against ISU is the best by one Power Five program against another (minimum of 50 games played).
• OU is 50-3-1 (.935) in its last 54 games against Iowa State.
• Iowa State only has seven wins in 88 all-time meetings against Oklahoma, but two of the victories have come over the last six seasons. In 2017, the Cyclones beat No. 3 OU 38-31 in Norman, and on Oct. 3, 2020, they posted a 37-30 home win over the No. 18 Sooners. ISU was unranked in both contests. OU has won the last three matchups.
