2026-27 Iowa State Strength of Schedule
How tough Iowa State’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:07 PM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Jan 2 – Jan 20
- Jan 2ARIZ#2
- Jan 5@ COLO#58
- Jan 9OKST#55
- Jan 13@ HOU#7
- Jan 16@ TTU#26
- Jan 20BYU#32
Average opponent rank 30.0
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
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- 21 left · 10 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
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- 3 left · 1 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 6 left · all at home
Big 12 conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Kansas0-0 | – | – | 4 | 67.3 |
 BYU0-0 | – | – | 7 | 78.5 |
 Houston0-0 | – | – | 8 | 78.9 |
 UCF0-0 | – | – | 14 | 85.2 |
 Arizona0-0 | – | – | 15 | 85.7 |
 Colorado0-0 | – | – | 17 | 87.7 |
 Baylor0-0 | – | – | 23 | 91.2 |
 Oklahoma State0-0 | – | – | 24 | 91.2 |
 Arizona State0-0 | – | – | 33 | 94.6 |
 Utah0-0 | – | – | 37 | 96.1 |
 Kansas State0-0 | – | – | 45 | 97.7 |
 Cincinnati0-0 | – | – | 47 | 99.1 |
 Texas Tech0-0 | – | – | 49 | 100.9 |
 West Virginia0-0 | – | – | 51 | 103.8 |
 Iowa State0-0 | – | – | 68 | 111.0 |
 TCU0-0 | – | – | 77 | 116.2 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank