Iowa State Cyclones CFB Week 13 Betting Lines
The Iowa State Cyclones were undefeated and looking like a serious threat for the Big 12 championship and the expanded College Football Playoff when the Texas Tech Red Raiders came to visit. Head coach Matt Campbell’s Cyclones took a late lead, only to blow it at the end. Next came a shootout road loss against the Kansas Jayhawks. This week, Iowa State will travel to face the Utah Utes. Utah is coming off one of the most disappointing seasons in program history. Last week, the Utes were routed by the Colorado Buffaloes.
College Football Week 13 Betting Lines
Iowa State Cyclones -6.5
Utah Utes +6.5
Over/Under: 42.5
Iowa State Cyclones Weekly Matchup
In Week 13 college football action, on Saturday, November 23, 2024, the Utah Utes will host the Iowa State Cyclones in Salt Lake City, UT. Kickoff time is set for 7:30 p.m. ET, and television coverage will be on FOX.
Iowa State is seen as a quality road team that will offer good betting on college football using crypto value.
Last game, the Utah Utes lost 49-24 against the Colorado Buffaloes as 13.5-point road dogs. The game went over the total of 43. Utah has a record of 4-6 straight up, 3-7 against the spread, and 3-6-1 over/under the total. Utah ranks 98th for total offense, 79th for passing, 93rd for rushing and 104th for scoring. Defensively they rank 22nd overall, 33rd against the pass, 42nd against the rush, and 30th for points allowed. Also, Utah ranks 130th for fewest turnovers lost and 62nd for takeaways.
Iowa State Cyclones Weekly Recap
Last game, the Iowa State Cyclones won 34-17 against the Cincinnati Bearcats as 7-point home favorites. The game went under the total of 52.5. Iowa State has a record of 8-2 straight up, 6-4 against the spread, and 5-5 over/under the total. Iowa State ranks 34th for total offense, 29th for passing, 59th for rushing and 40th for scoring. Defensively they rank 41st overall, 3rd against the pass, 107th against the rush, and 17th for points allowed. Also, Iowa State ranks 35th for fewest turnovers lost and 12th for takeaways.
Rocco Becht threw for a score and ran for a score to lead Iowa State to a win over Cincinnati on Saturday night. The Cyclones used a second-half push to help overcome the tenacious Bearcats.
Stevo Klotz caught Becht's only touchdown pass, a 26-yarder that gave Iowa State the lead for good at 17-10 with 10:04 left in the third quarter. Klotz, a senior tight end, has two touchdowns in as many games against Cincinnati.
“He was incredible today for us,” Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell said about Klotz.
Becht's rushing touchdown came from a high snap, in which he took it 15 yards to the house to give Iowa State a 27-17 lead with about 4 minutes to play. He finished the game as the leading rusher, as Becht ran for 48 yards on seven attempts.
Carson Hansen ran in a 2-yard score for the Cyclones' first touchdown of the game, his team-high ninth touchdown this season, and Abu Sama III capped the scoring with a 27-yard TD run with 1:09 to play.
“To watch our guys (battle) and stick in there and do those things really well was awesome to see,” Campbell said.
The Cyclones scored on three of their five second-half possessions, ending their two-game skid and keeping their slim playoff hopes alive.
With 5:19 left in the third quarter, the Cyclones prepared to punt the ball back to the Bearcats but ran a fake with Klotz, who ran it 22 yards to get Iowa State in range for an eventual field goal.
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 |
L 22-23 |
7-1 |
| Nov 9 |
at Kansas |
L 36-45 |
7-2 |
| Nov 16 |
vs. Cincinnati |
W 34-17 |
8-2 |
| 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.
2024-2025 College Football Schedule
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