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Big TenHawkeyes

Iowa

38th of 1288–5

Rank

38th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+6.8

90% range −2.9 to 16.6

Offense

28.5

76th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

21.7

16th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 3 · 3:30 PM ET vs Miami (OH) W 45–21
Rating change−0.8
Wk 2Sep 10 · 7:30 PM ET vs Iowa State W 42–3
Rating change+3.2
Wk 3Sep 17 · 12:00 PM ET vs North Dakota State L 21–23
Rating change−2.6
Wk 4Sep 24 · 12:00 PM ET at Rutgers W 14–7
Rating change+0.2
Wk 5Oct 1 · 12:00 PM ET vs Northwestern L 31–38
Rating change−1.7
Wk 6Oct 8 · 12:00 PM ET at Minnesota W 14–7
Rating change+0.3
Wk 7Oct 15 · 12:00 PM ET at Purdue W 49–35
Rating change+0.8
Wk 8Oct 22 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#15 Wisconsin L 9–17
Rating change+0.3
Wk 10Nov 5 · 7:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#21 Penn State L 14–41
Rating change−1.8
Wk 11Nov 12 · 8:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#2 Michigan W 14–13
Rating change+3.5
Wk 12Nov 19 · 12:00 PM ET at Illinois W 28–0
Rating change+1.7
Wk 13Nov 25 · 3:30 PM ET vs Nebraska W 40–10
Rating change+2.0
PostJan 2 · 1:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#22 FloridaOUTBACK BOWL L 3–30
Rating change−0.1

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2015Big Ten58 of 1282.528.325.912–2—

Profile

IOWA offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com