(Radio Iowa Sports) – It has been a record breaking year for the Iowa State football program as the Cyclones get ready to play Miami in the Pop Tarts Bowl in Orlando. The Cyclones recorded their first ever 8-0 start and become the first Cyclone team to win 10 games before falling to Arizona State in the Big 12 championship game. They can claim an 11th win with a victory over the Hurricanes.

That’s Iowa State coach Matt Campbell. The Cyclones rebounded from back-to-back losses to Texas Tech and Kansas to grab a share of the Big 12 regular season title.

Quarterback Rocco Becht says the Cyclones are motivated to end the season with a win.

The Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team stayed in the limelight by getting to the NCAA title game for the second straight year. The Hawks lost to top ranked South Carolina 87-75. It was the final game for Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark who was a two-time national player of the year.

Clark would go on to be the first pick of the WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever and was named the league’s Rookie of the Year.

Five weeks after the title game long-time coach Lisa Bluder retired after 24-years at the helm.

Veteran assistant Jan Jensen took over and despite key losses from last season the Hawkeyes are 10-2 and ranked 24th in the AP Poll heading into the Christmas break.

It has been another banner year for Iowa State men’s basketball. The Cyclones won the Big 12 Tournament crown and played in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years under coach T.J. Otzelberger. The run ended with a 72-69 loss to Illinois.

The Cyclones closed the season with a record of 29-8.

ISU enters the Christmas break at 10-1 and ranked third in the AP Poll. There was a changing of the guard at Northern Iowa where football coach Mark Farley announced his retirement. The former Panther player and assistant coach spent 24 years leading the program.

Farley said changes like N-I-L and the transfer portal made the job more taxing. UNI finished this season with a record of 3-9.

After six years as the head coach at Drake, Todd Stepsis was named the new Panther coach.