The Iowa State football team didn’t panic Saturday night despite falling behind to Cincinnati early. Instead, they relied on their skill players to come through — which they did — to post a 34-17 victory at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames.

The sideline scenes were clear signs of frustration for a program that was on its way to losing a third consecutive game, 27-16 at unranked Florida on Saturday. Now, the Tigers (6-4, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) will be the ones out of the polls.

For a long time, it felt as though Iowa State football was having a dream season. Then, after the last two weeks, it felt like you’d have to be dreaming to see the Cyclones in the Big 12 title game. That outcome may still be a long shot,

"Take away the two plays that they scored on we may win by two touchdowns in that game," Satterfield said about the thin margin on Saturday. "Because we're up seven (in the first half), it's 4th & 1,