Iowa State Cyclones CFB Week 10 Betting Lines
The Iowa State Cyclones are in the greatest era in program history. Head coach Matt Campbell is the winningest coach in Iowa State history and has down what most experts vowed was impossible. This week, the Cyclones have a tricky home game against the prolific Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire is starting to show results in his third season on the job. Texas Tech and Iowa State are a stark contrast in philosophies and approaches to the game. Iowa State is rock-ribbed, tough, and fundamental.
College Football Week 10 Betting Lines
Texas Tech Red Raiders +14
Iowa State Cyclones -14
Total 55.5
Iowa State Cyclones Weekly Matchup
In Week 10 college football action, on Saturday, November 2, 2024, the Iowa State Cyclones will host the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, IA. Kickoff time is set for 3:30 p.m. ET, and television coverage will be on ESPN.
Iowa State will be a popular betting on college football using crypto choice at home. But Texas Tech will appeal to sharps as a capable road team that can sneak through the back door.
Last game, the Texas Tech Red Raiders lost 35-34 against the TCU Horned Frogs as 4.5-point road dogs. The game went over the total of 67. Texas Tech has a record of 5-3 straight up, 4-3-1 against the spread, and 5-3 over/under the total. Texas Tech ranks 19th for total offense, 20th for passing, 56th for rushing, and 17th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 127th overall, 134th against the pass, 83rd against the rush, and 123rd for points allowed. Also, Texas Tech ranks 90th for fewest turnovers lost and 28th for takeaways.
Iowa State Cyclones Weekly Recap
Last game, the Iowa State Cyclones won 38-35 against the Central Florida Knights as 13.5-point home favorites. The game went over the total of 50. Iowa State has a record of 7-0 straight up, 5-2 against the spread, and 4-3 over/under the total. Iowa State ranks 31st for total offense, 49th for passing, 38th for rushing and 43rd for scoring. Defensively, they rank 18th overall, 2nd against the pass, 99th against the rush, and 9th for points allowed. Also, Iowa State ranks 19th for fewest turnovers lost and 9th for takeaways.
Rocco Becht scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard sneak with 30 seconds left, and Jontez Williams intercepted Jacurri Brown's last pass to secure Iowa State's 38-35 comeback victory over UCF and allow the Cyclones to avoid a major upset.
“I was just doing my job,” said Williams, who has had an interception in four straight games. “The ball has just been coming to me, and I've been making the play.”
The Cyclones have matched the 1938 ISU team for the best start in program history, and they have won four straight conference games for the first time.
UCF lost its fourth straight after leading by two touchdowns early in the third quarter and rushing for 354 yards - a season-high 196 by RJ Harvey and 154 by Brown.
Becht completed a season-low 43% of his passes (20 of 46) and threw two interceptions. The first one returned for a touchdown, and the second nearly a pick-six, but he ran a career-high 20 times for 97 yards.
Kyle Konrardy's 30-yard field goal got the Cyclones within five points, and after Iowa State forced two punts, Becht got the ball back with 1:48 left.
He teamed up with Jaylin Noel for two key passes and scrambled for a first down before a pass interference penalty set up the Cyclones at the UCF 4. Becht ran for 3 yards before bulling his way into the end zone for the winning touchdown.
2024 Iowa State Cyclones Football Schedule
DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
Aug 31 |
vs. North Dakota |
W 21-3 |
1-0 |
Sep 7 |
at Iowa |
W 20-19 |
2-0 |
Sep 14 |
OFF |
Sep 21 |
vs. Arkansas State |
W 52-7 |
3-0 |
Sep 28 |
at Houston |
W 20-0 |
4-0 |
Oct 5 |
vs. Baylor |
W 43-21 |
5-0 |
Oct 12 |
at West Virginia |
W 28-16 |
6-0 |
Oct 19 |
vs. UCF |
W 38-35 |
7-0 |
Oct 26 |
OFF |
Nov 2 |
vs. Texas Tech |
- |
- |
Nov 9 |
at Kansas |
- |
- |
Nov 16 |
vs. Cincinnati |
- |
- |
Nov 23 |
at Utah |
- |
- |
Nov 30 |
vs. Kansas State |
- |
- |
The Iowa State Cyclones do not have a storied history when compared to other programs. Since the founding of the program in 1895, Iowa State has only three Top 25 finishes. Iowa State does have some big name former coaches who, unfortunately, made their fame at other schools after using Iowa State as a stepping stone job. Johnny Majors and Earl Bruce are two of those famed coaches who found national notoriety at other programs.
Majors and Bruce led Iowa State to its first four bowl games in the 1970s before a long, dark period of postseason misery. But since 2000, Iowa State has gone to bowl games 13 times. For Iowa State, a bowl season is about as good as it gets.
Matt Campbell’s arrival in 2016 changed program expectations somewhat. Campbell has produced bowl games in six of the past seven seasons. In 2020, Iowa State had its best final ranking of 9th. But Iowa State has proven to be a difficult place to maintain such success. Campbell has done as good of a job as is humanly possible. Iowa State fans love that he turned down NFL and bigger name college jobs to stay in Ames. As long as Campbell is on the sidelines, Iowa State will be a dangerous team.
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