The Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry is an American

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between the Iowa State Cyclones and the

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held every year since 1917, making it one of the longest continuous series in college football history as of 2024. It is also the only never-interrupted rivalry in college football. The October 2016 game marked the 100th straight year the two teams have met. In November 2023, the Big 12 announced its scheduling matrix for the next four seasons, which is set to end the rivalry's continuous streak in 2027.

History

The teams first met in 1917, when both universities were members of the erstwhile

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. The match-up continued as an annual conference game through the schools' shift into the

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. The series has been dominated by long winning streaks for both teams, with each team's longest winning streak at 10 games. While Kansas State has gone 26–9 against the Cyclones since 1989, Iowa State leads the series 54–50–4. Historically, the game was not considered a major rivalry, but in light of changes in the Big 12 in the late 2000s, the universities pushed to highlight it to generate revenue and interest for their football programs. They scheduled two neutral-site games at

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in Kansas City, Missouri in 2009 and 2010, which fans and the media dubbed "Farmageddon", a reference to the agricultural roots of these

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. In 2024, with the Big 12 expansion to 16 teams, the decision was made to have only 4 rivalries be "protected" (meaning they would be played every year), and the rest would only be played every other year; the Farmageddon rivalry was not one of the protected rivalries. The two teams played in 2024 and are scheduled to play again in 2026. In 2025, the rivalry will take place on a neutral site on August 23, 2025 in the

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, called the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. In 2027, the rivalry's record for longest continuously running rivalry is scheduled to end.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iowa State-Kansas State football rivalry College football rivalries in the United States Iowa State Cyclones football Kansas State Wildcats football Recurring sporting events established in 1917

History

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