ESPN Puts Kansas State-Iowa State Among Most Exciting Early Games

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This is the point of the season college football fans are starved for any news surrounding their teams.
There are 100 days until preparation begins for Week 0. The Kansas State Wildcats fortunately on the docket for the opening week when they play the Iowa State Cyclones in Dublin, Ireland. ESPN lumped the game among the most exciting of the early season.

FOOTBALL SEASON WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT
Which of these early ESPN/ABC games are you most excited to watch? pic.twitter.com/azQYpMGo1a
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) May 13, 2025

The game was among eight listed. It included:

Nebraska vs. Clemson

Syracuse vs. Texas

LSU at Clemson

Notre Dame at Miami

Boise State at South Florida

Georgia Tech at Colorado

Alabama at Florida State

Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina

TCU at North Carolina

Kansas state Iowa state no other words to be said but absolute cinema
— Brayden Smith (@YoshiFanthebes1) May 13, 2025

The Wildcats get a strong test out of the gates. The Cyclones are coming off losing to the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Big 12 championshp game. They rebounded by defeating NFL No. 1 pick Cam Ward and the Miami Hurricanes in the Pop-Tart Bowl. A year before, the Wildcats defeated North Carolina State in the same postseason game.