Iowa State plays in the Big12. Far fewer good teams in their conference than the Big 10.
Nebraska is no where near the program they had twenty five years ago. They have been terrible for almost a decade.
Fairly good chance that Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell ends up at Michigan next year. The Iowa State job though is actually pretty good. Not much pressure, pays well, and the fans love him.
Big 12 is decent. But Nebraska would be in the basement there as well.
All the fans are screaming “GO BACK TO THE BIG 12!” But ISU would destroy them, and so would most of the teams.