Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry
American college football rivalry
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The Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Kansas State Wildcats held every year since 1917, making it one of the longest continuous series in college football history as of 2026. It is also the only never-interrupted rivalry in college football. The October 2016 game marked the 100th straight year the two teams have met. In November 2023, the Big 12 announced its scheduling matrix for the next four seasons, which is set to end the rivalry's continuous streak in 2027.[2]
Iowa State, 10–7
Iowa State, 24–21
| First meeting | November 10, 1917 Iowa State, 10–7 |
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| Latest meeting | August 23, 2025 Iowa State, 24–21 |
| Next meeting | November 28, 2026 |
| Statistics | |
| Total meetings | 108 |
All-time series | Iowa State leads, 55–50–4[1] |
Largest victory | Kansas State, 58–7 (2002) Iowa State 48–0 (1943) |
Longest win streak | Iowa State, 10 (1943–1952) Kansas State, 10 (1994–2003, 2008–2017) |
Current win streak | Iowa State, 3 (2023–present) |
History
The teams first met in 1917, when both universities were members of the erstwhile Missouri Valley Conference. The match-up continued as an annual conference game through the schools' shift into the Big 12 Conference. The series has been dominated by long winning streaks for both teams, with each team's longest winning streak at 10 games. While Kansas State has gone 26–9 against the Cyclones since 1989, Iowa State leads the series 54–50–4.[3]
Historically, the game was not considered a major rivalry, but in light of changes in the Big 12 in the late 2000s, the universities pushed to highlight it to generate revenue and interest for their football programs.[4] They scheduled two neutral-site games at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri in 2009 and 2010, which fans and the media dubbed "Farmageddon", a reference to the agricultural roots of these land-grant universities.[5][6]
In 2024, with the Big 12 expansion to 16 teams, the decision was made to have only 4 rivalries be "protected" (meaning they would be played every year), and the rest would only be played every other year; the Farmageddon rivalry was not one of the protected rivalries. The two teams played in 2024 and are scheduled to play again in 2026. In 2025, the rivalry took place on a neutral site on August 23, 2025 in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, called the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. In 2027, the rivalry's record for longest continuously running rivalry is scheduled to end.[7][8]
Game results
| Iowa State victories | Kansas State victories | Tie games |
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