ISU expects to “have (its) hands full” with FCS Southeast Missouri State in Saturday’s season opener

Cyclone Fanatic · Sep 1, 2026

ISU quarterback Jaylen Raynor prepares to hand off the football during fall camp. Photo courtesy Iowa State Athletics.

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AMES — Jaylen Raynor will not only don a new uniform when he makes his first start for Iowa State in Saturday’s season opener.

The three-year starter at Arkansas State will also face a familiar foe in Southeast Missouri State.

So how’d it go last time?

“It was … ” Raynor said while pausing briefly to smile. “Pretty…