Yes for sure. Postseason stats and losses count toward the season total, so a win does too.We are all counting 9-3 regular plus a hypothetical bowl game win as a "10-win season", right?
Excluding 1906 when we played the likes of Cornell, Coe, Morningside, Grinnell, and Drake, Iowa State has never won nine regular-season games, both 2000 and 2020 teams had eight regular-season wins then won their bowl game to get to nine wins.
Will the hawk fan at the office pretend they don’t agree? Also yes for sure.