Their offense might be tied with UMass for yards, but the Hawkeyes are undefeated largely on the back of their stout defense. Iowa's first real test though will be a gauntlet against a struggling Michigan team and Penn State.
As I said last week, I'm tepid on this team, but were in the territory where there are a muck of teams and not much significant to make any of them stand out. So I'll put them here.
I don't feel all that confident in Iowa, but in all honesty the teams below have done nothing much other than staying defeated/being notable in some way. Iowa still needs that big win. 
Bye week for Iowa and got to move up thanks to lots of people losing.  I honestly dont think this is a great Iowa team but damn if they somehow dont finish in the top 20 anyway because Iowa.
I feel the same about Iowa as I do about Penn State. On a bye this week, escaped an early-season rivalry game by the skin of their teeth. Really only ranked this highly due to the volatility of the teams behind them.
129 power.Close win against ISU helps draw them upward since ISU has uncharacteristic wins over average teams. Wins against Rutgers and Miami Hyrdroxide weren't as big of blowouts as they should have been.