Matchup Overview

The Iowa and Michigan State have met 17 times in NCAAF since 2001. Iowa hold a clear edge in the all-time series, 9–8. Iowa have had the upper hand recently, going 3–2 in their last 5 meetings. Their most recent matchup ended 20–17 in favor of Iowa on November 22, 2025.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 17 games from available historical data.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Nov 22, 25	2025 W13	Michigan State	17–20	Iowa
Oct 19, 24	2024 W8	Iowa	20–32	Michigan State
Sep 30, 23	2023 W5	Michigan State	16–26	Iowa
Nov 6, 20	2020	Michigan State	7–49	Iowa
Sep 29, 17	2017	Iowa	10–17	Michigan State
Dec 4, 15	2015	Michigan State	16–13	Iowa
Oct 4, 13	2013	Michigan State	26–14	Iowa
Oct 12, 12	2012	Iowa	19–16	Michigan State
Nov 11, 11	2011	Michigan State	37–21	Iowa
Oct 29, 10	2010	Michigan State	6–37	Iowa
Oct 23, 09	2009	Iowa	15–13	Michigan State
Oct 3, 08	2008	Iowa	13–16	Michigan State
Oct 26, 07	2007	Michigan State	27–34	Iowa
Oct 1, 04	2004	Michigan State	16–38	Iowa
Sep 26, 03	2003	Iowa	10–20	Michigan State
Oct 11, 02	2002	Michigan State	16–44	Iowa
Oct 12, 01	2001	Iowa	28–31	Michigan State

Games before the 2022 season: Data from SportsDataverse, used under CC BY 4.0.