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Poll: ISU regular season forecast

What is Iowa State's regular season W-L in 2018?

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I think the losses will be OU, @ TCU, @ Texas. I'm thinking @ Iowa, @ OSU, WVU and KSt are pushes but they manage to win 3-4 of those.
 
I kinda see 8 -4. Losses OU, TCU, WVU, and either Texas or K-State.

I could see 10 -2, but I would not dare predict that.

I could also see going 5 - 7. If we drop a game we should win, and have nothing else go our way.
 
IASTATE07 said:
It's funny seeing K State not listed as a loss for most people. Should we beat them this year? I think so, but I wouldn't list them as a W until we actually beat them. Despite the current 10 game losing streak and the 10 game losing streak to them in the 90s we still own the series lead over them by 1 game. I thought that was interesting.
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I think the idea is that with so many aspects improving, this is finally the year since ISU has used up it's total WTF situations in 2015 and 2017.
 
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jbindm said:
8-4. The Iowa game is the swing game. Get that one and they're likely getting through the rough first half of the schedule 3-3 at worst. Lose and it's totally possible that they go into the TT game sitting at 2-5.


vs. SDSU W
@ Iowa W
vs. OU L
vs. Akron W
@ TCU W
@ OSU L
vs. WVU L
vs. TT W
@ KU W
vs. BU W
@ Texas L
vs. K State W
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Im in agreement with this, except have us losing @TCU and then winning 1 of either @OSU or Vs. WVU.
 
Fantastic Season: 10-2 with losses at Texas and TCU. Iowa State wins a 4-way tie for 2nd place in the Big 12 with Texas, TCU, and West Virginia, and plays 1 loss Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship.

How I think the season will go: 8-4, with the above 2 losses plus Oklahoma and at Oklahoma State. The loss at Oklahoma at home would be because Oklahoma is a really good team and they want revenge from last year. The loss at Oklahoma State would stem from two road games in a row, with the first one against TCU, proving to be too much.

Minimum expectations: 6-6, with the above 4 losses plus Iowa and West Virginia. These two games are the swing games for Iowa State's season, and will be incredibly important in the final standings.

Disappointing season: 7+ losses, with the most likely additional one in that scenario coming from Kansas State.
 
SHABOOM said:
Fantastic Season: 10-2 with losses at Texas and TCU. Iowa State wins a 4-way tie for 2nd place in the Big 12 with Texas, TCU, and West Virginia, and plays 1 loss Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship.

How I think the season will go: 8-4, with the above 2 losses plus Oklahoma and at Oklahoma State. The loss at Oklahoma at home would be because Oklahoma is a really good team and they want revenge from last year. The loss at Oklahoma State would stem from two road games in a row, with the first one against TCU, proving to be too much.

Minimum expectations: 6-6, with the above 4 losses plus Iowa and West Virginia. These two games are the swing games for Iowa State's season, and will be incredibly important in the final standings.

Disappointing season: 7+ losses, with the most likely additional one in that scenario coming from Kansas State.
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Which standings?
 
We will be a better football team this year, but end up with the same record, 7-5 IMO.

That's because we won't likely beat both OU and TCU this year, and it will be very tough to win the turnover battle as well as we did last year.
 
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I think we find a way to win 8 games again. Here's how I'll say it'll turn out

vs. SDSU W
@ Iowa W
vs. OU L
vs. Akron W
@ TCU L
@ OSU W
vs. WVU L
vs. TT W
@ KU W
vs. BU W
@ Texas L
vs. K State W
 
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vs. SDSU
@ Iowa
vs. OU
vs. Akron
@ TCU
@ OSU
vs. WVU
vs. TT
@ KU
vs. BU
@ Texas
vs. K State

Wins: SDSU, Iowa, Akron, TT, KU, BU, KSU
We go 1-4 against OU, TCU, OSU, WVU and TX. Not sure which one but at least one of those five and possibly two wins (which pushes us to 9-3).
 
7-5

Wins and loses in relative order of likelihood (highest win probability at the top, highest loss probability at the bottom)
  • Akron - W
  • KU - W
  • SDSU - W
  • Baylor -W
  • Tacos - W
  • WVU - W
  • OU - W
  • TOE - L
  • Texa$ - L
  • OSU - L
  • Snyder Cats - L
  • TCU - L
Overall, we are better than last year and we are in every game. Besides playing OU early, the schedule doesn't help us and we still have trouble closing out some games because offense consistently convert 3rd and short in the 4th quarter.
 
Welp, here we go....

I am predicting 8-4. Here are my picks by game in order of confidence, most confident at the top.

ISU over Akron 42-13
ISU over SDSU 38-24
ISU over Kansas 27-17
ISU over TTU 28-17
TCU over ISU 21-17
OU over ISU 30-20
ISU over Baylor 38-28
ISU over Hoks 24-23
ISU over OSU 45-38
Texas over ISU 20-14
WV over ISU 34-28
ISU over KSU 24-23

And just because I had one extra beer

ISU over LSU 21-13 in the Texas Bowl
 
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I’m going 8-4. I think we are 8-3 and have a shot at tying for 2nd in Big 12 at end of year against KSU but we get a big ol kick to the nuts to remind us we’re cyclones.
 
The poll has closed. Results (183 votes):

1. (tie) 8-4, 7-5 (70)
3. 9-3 or better (22)
4. 6-6 (19)
5. 5-7 (2)
6. 4-8 (zero)

Close to what I’d expect, I thought 7-5 might get slightly more than 8-4. Any surprises about the results?
 
Wow, 98.9% of respondents have ISU in a bowl game. Thats an unbelievable shift in confidence when you consider where we were 12 months ago.
 
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