AMES - The Big 12 Conference on Tuesday released its 2013 football schedule, and the Iowa State Cyclones will play four of their league games at home.
Iowa State will open its Big 12 slate at home against Texas on either Oct. 3 or Oct. 5, depending on network television decisions. The Cyclones' regular-season finale at West Virginia will be played either Nov. 29 or Nov. 30.
ISU also hosts Oklahoma State on Oct. 26 for Family Weekend, while Homecoming will be Nov. 9 against TCU.
The team's conference road games include Texas Tech (Oct. 12), Baylor (Oct. 19), Kansas State (Nov. 2), Oklahoma (Nov. 16) and West Virginia.
The Cyclones' 2013 schedule opens with back-to-back home games against intra-state rivals Northern Iowa (Aug. 31) and Iowa (Sept. 14). ISU also goes to Tulsa (Sept. 21) in non-conference action.