First..Vandy is awful.
OU
OSU
Kstate
WV
Texas
ISU
TCU
Baylor
TT
KU
Texas I'd guess will finish 8-4 or 9-3..They still have great talent and are we're very young. Herman is a good coach. I think isu this year a lot will depend on the outcome of the iowa game. Win that and 3-0 in non conf and a lot of momentum. I think ISU offense has a real shot to finish in the top 4 offensively in the conf.
2018 isu will compete for top 3 finish in the league.. Not saying it will happen but we will return nearly entire O and D line, QB, all WRs sans Lazard, both TEs, All LBs sans Lanning, etc...In other words if we can't compete for a real nice bowl game come 2018 then I'm not sure when.
So long as we maintain the current staff as is for at least a couple more years then we will see what we've not seen ever as cyclone fans IMO. CMC is the real deal folks and he's going to build a winner.