Iowa State vs. South Dakota

Iowa State and South Dakota have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Iowa State leads the series 10–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa State 10–⁠0, and Iowa State has won the last 10.

Scheduled 2030 at Iowa State Aug. 31. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Iowa State wins
10
South Dakota wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
10 Iowa State
Current streak
10 Iowa State
Last 10 meetings
Iowa State 10–⁠0
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1900s3–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
1950s4–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
30.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa State
10–⁠0 Iowa State’s record at home
Shutouts
7

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Iowa State’s biggest win1958: Iowa State 53, South Dakota 0by 53 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa State and South Dakota, 1899 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Aug 30, 202522Iowa State 55, South Dakota 7at Iowa State
Oct 10, 1959Iowa State 41, South Dakota 6at Iowa State
Nov 1, 1958Iowa State 53, South Dakota 0at Iowa State
Nov 16, 1957Iowa State 33, South Dakota 0at Iowa State
Sep 19, 1953Iowa State 35, South Dakota 0at Iowa State
Nov 1, 1941Iowa State 27, South Dakota 0at Iowa State
Oct 24, 1908Iowa State 26, South Dakota 0at Iowa State
Nov 3, 1906Iowa State 22, South Dakota 0at Iowa State
Oct 31, 1903Iowa State 23, South Dakota 0at Iowa State
Oct 14, 1899Iowa State 11, South Dakota 6at Iowa State

Every game is listed as played on the field.