Iowa State football’s 2023 schedule is set as Big 12 releases league slate

Convention realignment means a radically new schedule for the Iowa State soccer group to navigate in 2023.

The Huge 12 Convention launched schedules Tuesday. The Cyclones will face two of the convention’s newcomers, together with one with a well-known face at offensive coordinator. And Iowa State will host nationwide runner-up TCU on the weekend that the varsity will honor the one hundredth anniversary of program icon Jack Trice’s loss of life.

Iowa State will open the Huge 12 season at house on Sept. 23 in opposition to Oklahoma State.

Tuesday’s schedule launch was considerably delayed from its normal timeline because the Huge 12 tried to navigate its new 14-team setup. The league is welcoming Houston, BYU, Cincinnati and Central Florida into the fold whereas Oklahoma and Texas stay till their departure to the SEC within the coming years.

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Iowa State will play at Cincinnati on Oct. 14. The Bearcats employed former Cyclone offensive coordinator Tom Manning, a longtime shut confidant to Iowa State coach Matt Campbell, after he was fired this offseason. The Cyclones may even journey to Provo, Utah, to face BYU on Nov. 11.

The realignment means the round-robin schedule the convention has employed since going to 10 groups in 2012 needed to be jettisoned in favor of a slate that may go away groups with out matchups in opposition to 4 league opponents.

Iowa State is not going to play Central Florida, Houston, West Virginia or Texas Tech, barring any title recreation matchups. The Cyclones will get convention defectors Oklahoma on the street (Sept. 30) and Texas at house (Nov. 18). Video games in opposition to shut regional rivals Kansas (Nov. 4; Homecoming) and Kansas State (Nov. 25 on the street) had been preserved. Iowa State will play at Baylor on Oct. 28.

The Cyclones’ non-conference portion of the schedule was beforehand launched, with house video games in opposition to Northern Iowa (Sept. 2), Iowa (Sept. 9) and a street recreation at Ohio (Sept. 16) on the docket.

Oct. 21 is a bye week for Iowa State.

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It’s a crucial season for Iowa State after it went 4-8 total and 1-8 within the Huge 12 whereas sporting one of many nation’s least productive offenses. That resulted in a near-total overhaul of the offensive workers with Manning, offensive line coach Jeff Myers and quarterbacks coach Joel Gordon all departing.

Campbell elevated large receivers and working backs coach Nate Scheelhaase to coordinator with the aim of unlocking an offense that averaged simply 20.2 factors per recreation a yr in the past.

2023 Iowa State soccer schedule

• Sept. 2 – UNI
• Sept. 9 – Iowa
• Sept. 16 – at Ohio
• Sept. 23 – Oklahoma State
• Sept. 30 – at Oklahoma
• Oct. 7 – TCU (Jack Trice Legacy Sport)
• Oct. 14 – at Cincinnati
• Oct. 28 – at Baylor
• Nov. 4 – Kansas (Homecoming)
• Nov. 11 – at BYU
• Nov. 18 – Texas
• Nov. 25 – at Kansas State