The Mountaineers improved to 7-4 on the season with a 30-6 dismantling of lowly Iowa State on Saturday. The win was West Virginia’s fourth-in-a-row, overcoming an 0 for 4 stretch against Big 12 competition in October.
When the Mountaineers were winless in October, they went up against the Big 12’s best, playing their best. Oklahoma won, 44-24, on Oct. 3; Oklahoma State won, 33-26, in overtime on Oct. 10; Baylor won, 62-38, on Oct. 17 and TCU won, 40-10, on Oct. 29.
WVU just needed to flip the calendar to improve. It topped Texas Tech, 31-26, on on Nov.