Cyclones Prepare For Big 12 Championship Game

Oklahoma

Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game

#8 IOWA STATE CYCLONES
8-2 overall (8-1 Big 12)
vs.
#12 OKLAHOMA SOONERS
7-2 overall (6-2 Big 12)

Date: Dec. 19
Place: AT&T Stadium - Arlington, Texas
Time: 11:00 a.m. CT
TV: ABC
Talent: Sean McDonough (pxp), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Todd McShay (analyst), Allison Williams (reporter)

The Lead
No. 8 Iowa State (8-2, 8-1 Big 12) will play in a Big 12 Championship game for the first time in school history vs. No. 12 Oklahoma (7-2, 6-2 Big 12). ISU hasn't won or shared a league title since 1912, but finished alone in first place in the final Big 12 regular-season standings for the first time in program history. ISU's eight league wins is a school record and its five-game winning streak vs. league foes ties a school mark. ISU's record for wins in a season is nine (1906, 2000).

Key Storylines
-Iowa State and Oklahoma have split the last four series meetings (2-2) with ISU owning a +3 scoring advantage (143-140).
-Iowa State and Oklahoma are the only two Big 12 teams to appear in the CFP playoff rankings in each of the last four seasons.
-Iowa State is 24-12 in conference play in the last four seasons, second to OU for wins in the league during that span.
-Iowa State's senior class is the winningest in school history, compiling a 31-18 record during their four years in Ames.
-ISU boasts the NCAA's leading rusher in Breece Hall (1,357), tallying 90+ rushing yards and a rush TD in all 10 games.
-ISU is on pace to set a school record in scoring offense (34.0) and leads the Big 12 (league games only) in yards per play at 6.8.
-ISU has scored 30+ points in seven of nine Big 12 games for the first time in school history.
-In its last 14 quarters, ISU has outscored its opposition, 138-36.