No. 22 Iowa State and No. 17 Kansas State open the college football season Saturday when the Big 12 rivals meet in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.

The 2025 college football season kicks off in Ireland with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic taking place this Saturday. Iowa State-Kansas State will play in this year's Aer Lingus College Football Classic, the first of five games taking place in Week 0, before the rest of college football springs into action the following week.

Iowa football has struggled against ranked opponents in recent history. But this weapon could help the Hawkeyes breakthrough in 2025.

Iowa State football begins its 2025 schedule in Dublin, Ireland, against Kansas State. Here's what you need to know about the game in Aviva Stadium.

Iowa's offensive line is led by a veteran center in Logan Jones who has cracked ESPN's top 100 college football players of 2025.

Gronowski threw for 10,308 yards and won 49 games in his four seasons at South Dakota State. He led the Jackrabbits to Football Championship Subdivision championships in 2022 and 2023 and won the Walter Payton Award in 2023 as the top FCS offensive player. Offensive coordinator Tim Lester calls Gronowski a “steady Eddie.”