2025 record: 8-4
Matt Campbell’s departure for Penn State ignited a mass exodus of players and new coach Jimmy Rogers had to bring in 47 transfers. Rogers, who went 6-6 in his one season at Washington State, knows that this season is going to have plenty of challenges.
“I’ve said it before, they are going to have to suffer through hard times to become the team that they want to be,” Rogers said.
Rogers, who probably overachieved with 75 newcomers at WSU in 2025, sent a message in an On3.com Big 12 coaches' survey when he picked the Cyclones to make the conference championship game. That would seem a big stretch for a program that basically is starting over after a largely successful 10-year run under Campbell.
The Cyclones have a veteran quarterback, which is a good place to start when building a roster from nearly scratch. Jaylen Raynor made 36 starts in three seasons at Arkansas State. He threw for 3,361 yards and 19 touchdowns and led the Red Wolves to a bowl last season. He’ll have some good receiving targets, including a fellow Arkansas State transfer in tight end Tyler Fortenberry.
Kicker Kyle Konrardy was one of the Cyclones who stayed. He went 14 for 18 on field goals and 19 for 21 on extra points but missed three games because of injury. He is 10th in program history with 170 points.
Raynor was one of the most sacked quarterback in the country last season, taking 31, according to Pro Football Focus. He probably will spend a lot of time on the run after the Cyclones lost most of their experienced offensive linemen. Jake Taylor, a tackle who transferred from Oklahoma, is one of the older players. He started four games in 2024 but didn't play at all last season.
The linebackers are unproven against Power Four competition except for Carson Willich, who was a regular in the rotation the last two years.
Depth everywhere will be a concern.
DE Isaac Terrell came with Rogers from Washington State after a season in which he had 12 tackles for loss. Terrell will have to be an anchor on the defensive line.
RB Cameron Pettaway, a transfer from Bowling Green, was the MAC freshman of the year after leading the nation in kick return average.
LB Sullivan Schlimgen also came with Rogers. He started the last five games as a freshman and had 49 tackles.
QB Rocco Becht followed Campbell to Penn State. Becht threw for 2,584 yards and 16 touchdowns last season.
RB Abu Sama III transferred to Wisconsin. Sama rushed for 732 yards and five touchdowns last season.
CB Jontez Williams transferred to USC. Williams was injured after playing in five games and finished with 15 tackles and two pass breakups.
At Iowa (Sept. 12), vs. Utah (Sept. 26), at BYU (Oct. 9).
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FILE - Washington State head coach Jimmy Rogers reacts to a play during the first half of an NCAA college football game against James Madison, Nov. 22, 2025, in Harrisonburg, Va. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising and trimming their losses from what’s been a shaky week. The bond market remains jumpy Friday, but yields are not moving as much as earlier in the week and are helping to keep financial markets relatively calm. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and was on track for just its second gain in the six days since it set its all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 265 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% higher. Ross Stores rallied 5.3% after reporting stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
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HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. markets pointed higher early Friday but for the first time in a month, major indexes are all at risk of closing the week in negative territory.
The futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4% and Nasdaq futures climbed 0.6%.
For the week, the Dow and the S&P are down 1.81% and 1.85% respectively before the opening bell, and the Nasdaq is down 2.48%. It would be the second consecutive week of losses for the Dow.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week attempted to put a lid on longer-term borrowing costs which have weighed on markets, but the results have been muted.
The Treasury announced Wednesday that it will at least double the size of its planned purchases of longer-term government debt, and Bessent signaled Thursday that the repurchase program could be larger.
The announcement temporarily brought down government bond yields, which have been elevated by concerns about high inflation partly caused by the war in Iran and rising U.S. government debt.
But economists believe the effect on bond yields is temporary. The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury was around 4.70%, up from nearly 4.64% on Thursday and back near its level before the Treasury Department’s announcement.
The 30-year Treasury yield was about 5.25%, up from 5.18% on Thursday.
In early trading, SpaceX shares are up less than 1% after nearly 319 million shares held by investors and employees became eligible to trade Thursday.
Bitcoin is on a tear this week and was up more than 5% early. Bitcoin has gained 22% for the week and was trading for $76,935 each on Friday.
In Asia, bond yields also rose. Japan’s 10-year government bond yield, which had been trading near 30-year highs, rose to about 2.88% from around 2.83% on Thursday.
In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100 climbed 0.1% to 10,752.29. France’s CAC 40 was nearly unchanged at 8,454.20. Germany’s DAX rose 0.1% to 26,015.14.
Oil prices are essentially flat as the U.S. stepped up its economic threats toward Iran due to limited progress in talks between Washington and Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Brent crude, the international standard, fell 0.1% to $93.67 a barrel. It was trading at roughly $72 per barrel before the start of the war. Benchmark U.S. crude was down 0.1% to $86.77 a barrel.
The U.S. dollar declined to 158.70 Japanese yen from 159.05 yen. The euro was trading at $1.1702, up from $1.1678.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.3% to 66,016.36. Japan on Friday reported that headline inflation rose to 1.9% in July, in part due to higher oil prices resulting from the war with Iran.
South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.9% to 6,912.95. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 1.2% to 26,009.46, while the Shanghai Composite index added less than 0.1% to 3,905.20.
Options traders Chris Dattolo, Scott Frinzi, Justin Kanda, and Ravi Bhandari, left to right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Options trader Anthony Spina works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
