For the fourth straight year, the college football season started with a Week 0 tilt abroad, as Kansas State and Iowa State square off in Dublin.

The Iowa State Cyclones face the Kansas State Wildcats in the Aer Lingus Classic live from Dublin, Ireland, today. Find out how to watch this college football game for free.

Why? Because he was only on the field for one play. And it was a bad one. Shorty after the Wildcats forced the Cyclones to punt on the opening drive of the game, Edwards muffed the return and lost a fumble to Iowa State.

In one of most pivotal games in the new-look Big 12, No. 22 Iowa State overpowered No. 17 Kansas State 24-21 in Dublin, Ireland, to kick off the 2025 college football season. A sloppy first half mixed with turnovers amid the pouring rain gave way to an explosive second half filled with points and precision.

Iowa State and Kansas State are ready to usher in the 2025 college football season. We'll keep you updated on everything here.

About 20,000 Iowa State fans purchased tickets through the school for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin. It felt like a few thousand of them jammed into Merrion Square Park for a pregame pep rally Friday afternoon.