Cyclones and Wildcats will open 2025 season in the annual college football game in Ireland


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Iowa State and Kansas State will play their 2025 season opener in Ireland at the fourth Aer Lingus College Football Classic. The Cyclones and Wildcats will close the 2024 regular season in Ames, Iowa, on Nov. 24 and meet again on Aug. 23, 2025, at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The game marks the first time ISU and K-State have met in a season opener and third time they've squared off at a neutral site. Iowa State will be playing outside the United States for the first time. Kansas State played Nebraska in Tokyo in 1992.

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