It shouldn't take long for Iowa State to reveal the direction its season will take.

The No. 22 Cyclones open Saturday against No. 17 Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland, and two weeks later play the annual CyHawk Game against Iowa at home.

The game on the Emerald Isle will be Iowa State's first opener against a Top 25 team since 2002, and it will be only the seventh time in 23 years the Cyclones won't open against an opponent from the second-tier Football Championship Subdivision.

“Usually you're going against a team to get the rust off,” quarterback Rocco Becht said. “K-State, you've got to be ready, prepared. And you have to be really good at the little things, the details, come that game.”

The Cyclones, who beat the Wildcats 29-21 in Ames in the final regular-season game last ye

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