Every year, Bill Connelly of SB Nation ranks the top 100 college football games of the season. This year, two Iowa State losses, and one huge win, made their way on the list, at #84 (Oklahoma State), #8 (Oklahoma), and #6 (Iowa). Wedged between the latter two is Iowa’s loss to Penn State.
(This is not an endorsement of Connelly’s other work, from his magical computer formulas to SBN’s sitewide obsession with destroying the NCAA model, but the yearly list is a fun one to read.)