Of course, CFN wouldn't have know that Reesing would have jumped on the scene like he did. Furthermore, didn't KU return a good bit of experience on the OL that year? As I recall, most prediction-makers figured that KU wouldn't have reloaded so well at RB too.
Lastly, don't forget what a cake-walk schedule KU had that year either ...
ISU fits almost every single one of these categories...
Good QB... CHECK
Experienced OL... CHECK
Stable of RBs... CHECK
Cake-walk schedule... (almost)CHECK (Iowa is better than anyone KU played non-con that year)