Big Ten Rankings
1. Ohio State
This week is the first Big Ten West elimination game. Who will be on their way to getting killed by Ohio State? Why is that the question we always have to ask?
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No. 18 Iowa vs. No. 16 Wisconsin
Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor (22-18): Wisconsin — I won On the Line my sophomore year, so this cold streak is really starting to hurt.
Anna Kayser, Sports Editor (26-14):...
When Iowa football’s 2019 schedule first came out, the biggest game of the season seemed to be the Hawkeyes’ matchup with Michigan in Ann Arbor on Oct. 5. Not anymore.
Now, the most important game...
Robert Read, Assistant Sports Editor
• November 6, 2019
There’s a certain physicality that is expected in a Big Ten football game. Perhaps no other matchup could display that brand of gritty play than Iowa-Wisconsin.
The Hawkeyes and Badgers epitomize...
The Force discusses Iowa's upcoming matchup against Wisconsin in Madison. The game is the Hawkeyes' biggest of the season, so the staff also talks about the Big Ten West Race and the newly-released...
Among the best-performing teams in the Big Ten at the moment are three surprising names: Indiana, Illinois, and Minnesota.
Indiana has notched seven wins already this season and is on the verge of the...
On every Wisconsin football highlight reel, No. 23 can be found flying around the field.
Jonathan Taylor ranks ninth in the country with 1,009 total rushing yards, and his average of 126.1 yards per...
Welcome to the biggest two weeks of Iowa football’s season. These next two games will determine Iowa’s fate in the Big Ten West by a measure of two things: Iowa’s will to win and Wisconsin and Minnesota’s...
Offense — wide receivers
What was once the weakest link of the Iowa offense now is its deepest and most impactful unit.
Receiving corps under head coach Kirk Ferentz have — in most cases —...
The Force discusses Iowa's 20-0 victory over Northwestern on Oct. 26, along with media availability with defensive line coach Kelvin Bell, linebackers coach Seth Wallace, running backs coach Derrick Foster,...
A few teams in the Big Ten were, in a lot of ways, written off as recently as a month ago. But Michigan and Illinois are doing plenty to prove how football teams can morph and grow throughout a season.
Illinois...
Iowa can only be partly happy with its run game right now.
The Hawkeyes are averaging 3.9 yards per carry, which ranks 10th in the Big Ten — one spot ahead of Rutgers.
But some of that can be attributed...
