The Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy is set to renew its historic rivalry as Iowa City will host their cross-state nemesis the Iowa Hawkeyes at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. The festivities will take place at high noon and be aired for audiences within the ESPN umbrella network. The most recent edition in Iowa City in 2016 was all Iowa as the Hawks had their way with the Clones by a score of 42-3. In the aforementioned contest the Hawkeyes closed as a -15.5 favorite.
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Iowa Hawkeyes at Iowa State Cyclones Overview
One of the fiercest rivalries that is often less spoken about is the Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy. Very simply, Iowa and Iowa State love to hate each other. As mentioned, the previous six meetings between both parties has resulted in each team emerging victorious in three of those occasions. With the Iowa victory in 2016, an emerging trend had been ended as the away team had won the last five meetings previous to this. Both teams come in off easy wins. However, the quality of opponents were far contrasting. For the Hawkeyes, the Black and Yellow had their way with the visiting Wyoming Cowboys holding a renowned potent offense to just a field goal in route to a 24-3 victory. For the Cyclones, they come in off a 42-24 victory against an intrastate FCS foe in Northern Iowa.
Iowa at Iowa State Betting Trends
- Both teams are 3-3 SU in the last six meetings.
- Under is 9-2-1 in the last 12 matches.
- Road team is 4-1 ATS in the last five contests.
- Iowa has won the last two meetings.
