When I started producing these power rankings in September, I suspected at some point during the season, I would find an appropriate time to apply some artistic license. Iowa State, by way of the transitive property perhaps, could lay claim to being the best team in the Big 12. I would put the Cyclones at No. 1 and watch the hilarity ensue. Iowa State’s not actually good! Gold, Kody. Gold!
Never did I envision that the Cyclones would actually earn their top ranking, but here we are on October 30, and Iowa State is tied atop the Big 12 standings.