Game time, TV info announced for K-State vs. Iowa State football game in Ireland
It’s official.
The first college football game of the 2025 season will take place between the Kansas State Wildcats and the Iowa State Cyclones in Dublin, Ireland.
Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. (Central time) on Aug. 23 at Aviva Stadium. ESPN will televise the game nationally as K-State and Iowa State take their Farmaggedon rivalry overseas for the first time as part of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.
Fans on both sides of the Big 12 game have been counting down the days to kickoff since this matchup was announced last year. Now they have an exact time to mark on their calendars. For those making the trip to Europe, local kickoff time will be 5 p.m. in Ireland.
ABC and ESPN announced kickoff times and TV information for 10 early season games on Tuesday. K-State and Iowa State will play the first game of the year on ESPN during Week 0, with the rest of those select games to follow in Week 1.
This is the first time since 2010 that K-State will open its season with a football game on ESPN. And this is just the second time in school history that the Wildcats will play on foreign soil. Their only other overseas trip came in 1992 when they played Nebraska in Tokyo, Japan.
Game times for Kansas State’s other non-conference games in 2025 will be announced in the coming weeks.
This story was originally published May 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM with the headline "Game time, TV info announced for K-State vs. Iowa State football game in Ireland."