No. 22 Iowa State visits Colorado in Big 12 clash

Iowa State visits Colorado on Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 matchup that pits the No. 22 Cyclones against a Buffaloes team still seeking its first conference victory. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Eastern at Folsom Field in Boulder, and the game will be televised on ESPN with streaming available through national providers. Oddsmakers list Iowa State as roughly a three-point favorite.

The Cyclones enter 5-1 after a 38-30 loss at Cincinnati last weekend. Quarterback Rocco Becht, a dual-threat signal-caller who has passed for more than 1,400 yards this season and rushed for seven touchdowns, remains the centerpiece of Iowa State’s offense. Becht completed 30 of 48 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns in the loss to Cincinnati and also ran for two scores. He has a history of late-game production, having led seven game-winning drives when Iowa State was tied or trailing in the fourth quarter.

Colorado is 2-4 and has dropped consecutive games, most recently a 35-21 defeat at TCU in which quarterback Kaidon Salter threw two touchdown passes and three interceptions. The Buffaloes have twice this season surrendered 14-point leads late, falling to BYU and TCU after building early...