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Big TenHawkeyes

Iowa

37th of 1308–5

Rank

37th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+8.2

90% range −1.5 to 17.9

Offense

30.5

55th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.3

25th: 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 2 · 12:00 PM ET vs Wyoming W 24–3
Rating change+0.5
Wk 2Sep 9 · 12:00 PM ET at Iowa State W 44–41
Rating change+0.7
Wk 3Sep 16 · 3:30 PM ET vs North Texas W 31–14
Rating change−1.3
Wk 4Sep 23 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#5 Penn State L 19–21
Rating change+0.7
Wk 5Sep 30 · 4:00 PM ET at Michigan State L 10–17
Rating change−0.3
Wk 6Oct 7 · 12:00 PM ET vs Illinois W 45–16
Rating change+0.5
Wk 8Oct 21 · 12:00 PM ET at Northwestern L 10–17
Rating change−0.4
Wk 9Oct 28 · 6:30 PM ET vs Minnesota W 17–10
Rating change+0.4
Wk 10Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#1 Ohio State W 55–24
Rating change+5.7
Wk 11Nov 11 · 3:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#13 Wisconsin L 14–38
Rating change−1.7
Wk 12Nov 18 · 3:30 PM ET vs Purdue L 15–24
Rating change−1.8
Wk 13Nov 24 · 4:00 PM ET at Nebraska W 56–14
Rating change+2.7
PostDec 27 · 5:15 PM ET vs Boston CollegeNEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL W 27–20
Rating change+0.1

Rating through 2017

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2016Big Ten38 of 1286.828.521.78–5—
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