Despite having a week off, the Cyclones' star is very banged up heading into the game against Kansas. By all accounts, he is going to be under center and starting for Iowa State, but head coach Matt Campbell didn’t provide an overly encouraging update on how he is feeling.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Kansas Jayhawks vs. Iowa State Cyclones NCAAF game to be played on November 22, 2025 on ESPN.

After two days, Nebraska leads with 454.5 points, followed by Washington State (407.5), Iowa (401), Kansas (325), Illinois (307), Miami (242), UConn (242), Iowa State (234) and Northern Iowa (160).

Injuries have been a major storyline for the Iowa State Cyclones throughout the 2025 college football season. They have contributed to the team’s season spirali

Daniels needed just 12 completions to throw for 295 yards in Kansas's 45-36 win over the Cyclones last season in Lawrence, so he'll likely test ISU's injury-plagued secondary yet again in his fourth career start against Campbell's team.

In a top-25 rematch Friday of a second-round thriller in last year's NCAA Tournament, No. 23 Wisconsin will face No. 9 BYU in a 4 p.m. ET tip at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. It's the fourth meeting of a series that began in 1931.