The Iowa State football team is coming off the best season in school history, winning 11 games for the first time ever while reaching the Big 12 Conference title game for a second time. Following that up with another successful year is the goal for head coach Matt Campbell and company.

With spring practices and transfer portal shuffling more or less complete, outlets around the country are updating their top 25 rankings. ESPN unveiled its post-spring way-too-early top 25 rankings on Thursday.

Spring ball is over, and we’re now a few months away from the start of the 2025 college football season. So, how does Penn State stack up ahead of a potential national title run? We published a set of way-too-early top 25 rankings back in January,