Iowa State fans also traveled to Dublin in large numbers. It will be interesting to see which team has more fans in attendance on Saturday. But the Wildcats stressed to fans that this is their home game. They urged fans to be as loud as possible at kickoff so the Cyclones feel like the game is being played in Manhattan instead of at a neutral site.

The 2025 college football season kicks off this weekend with a matchup of a pair of Top 25 teams from the Big 12. The 17th-ranked Kansas State Wildcats take on the 22nd-ranked Iowa State Cyclones in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. It’s a huge matchup for a pair of teams looking to win a Big 12 championship.

SportsLine's computer model simulated Kansas State Wildcats vs. Iowa State Cyclones 10,000 times at Aviva Stadium in Dublin and released its college football best bets