After a program-best 11-3 season, where did Iowa State land in the final AP and Coaches college football rankings to end the 2024 season?

The Sporting News has offered up a way-too-early Top 25 for the 2025 college football season. The usual suspects are ranked high, and Iowa State football is included. However, despite returning several key pieces including quarterback Rocco Becht,

Buckeyes rule Ohio State is the national champion. That means the Buckeyes own the top spot in the final AP Top 25 college football poll. Now that the obvious is out of the way who followed Ohio State in the final rankings?

Here's where Iowa football's 2025 recruiting class ranks inside the Big Ten entering the February signing period.

For the first time since the 2020 season, Iowa State is ranked in the final college football AP Poll Top 25. The Cyclones, who won a school-record 11 games this past year, were 15th in the final rankings,

Illinois won 10 games in 2024 including the Citrus Bowl. Here is how the Illini and coach Bret Bielema ranked in the final coaches and AP polls.

The Nittany Lions ended in the top five for the first time since 2005. It’s the first time the Big Ten has had three teams in the final top five. Ohio State was No. 1 and Oregon was No. 3.