The case for Iowa to be ranked is also quite clear. Aside from their record, which includes a number of flat out dominant victories, including playing clean football in all 3 phases, Iowa has 2 losses. One was an early season, road loss to their rival, but the real tragedy to not rank them (since the SEC loves to talk about “quality losses” and hypotheticals) is their loss to #2 Indiana. Iowa proved themselves to be, by far, the toughest opponent the Hoosiers have seen this year. Iowa nearly beat them! And (here’s the hypothetical) they likely WOULD have beaten them had their starting QB not gotten injured during the game. Iowa beat Wisconsin better than Oregon; they beat both Wisconsin and Minnesota in similar fashions as the #1 ranked Buckeyes. They have, once again, one of the more disciplined and sound defenses in all of CFB, they have one of the best special teams in all of college football, but offensively they have relative fire power. The run game is dominant led by a dominant offensive line. Gronowski’s legs give them complimentary layers that teams have to account for, and at times he’s even made throws that we have only seen a handful of times from Iowa QBs over the last decade. It is, once again, a travesty to not have the Hawkeyes ranked. Both by resume and eye test they are deserving. The only explanation is bias and/ or disrespect. It’s inexcusable. The only positive that could come from this is future conference crossover games in the regular season. To remove bias, we need more real data. We need to see these teams play one another during the regular season. In a perfect world, it wouldn’t just be one time either. It would be 2 or 3 crossover games each for these competing playoff bubble teams. •• Rank the Hawkeyes •• •• Rank the Huskies •• @TheIowaHawkeyes @IowaOnBTN @HawkeyeFootball