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2026 Week 4 Iowa Hawkeyes Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
BuckeyeForLife95 1 (1+0.22) X (37/4.33) X (477/176.67) = 28.18
srs_house 7
velociraptorfarmer 7
ChBass 8 The top-5 defense gives the hawkeyes a boost, along with their run game.
TaylorLeprechaun 8 +4
Colton3690 9
_fastball 10
bakonydraco 10 83.557
Sometimeswelose 10
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 11
ExternalTangents 11
Noy_Telinu 11 Please beat Michigan
Ruhrgebietheld 11
Striker743 11 Up 1
zenverak 11
fredmerc111 12
Maladroit44 12
plannedsickdays 12
RobertNeyland 12
52hoova 13
Bank_Gothic 13
BearsAreGreat1 13
BendrickLamar19 13
Cassiyus 13
ChaseTheFalcon 13
Corgi_Koala 13
dukemetoo 13
HelioOne 13
hypercube42342 13
Jay_Dubbbs 13
Justanother_0 13 This is about the point in the list where the methodology of ranking by conference shows its flaws. Right now, the B1G is really Indiana and Ohio State followed by everybody else. Going on resume, Iowa is the first in that “everybody else” category. I’ll be shocked if they hold onto such a high ranking after this week, but somebody’s gotta be #13.
Lefunnymaymays4lief 13 (+6) Big test at The Big House this week. Let’s see if this mystical “Iowa offense” can show up in what is likely to be a very slow defensive contest (I’ll take the under please). Pass that, and Hawkeyes get to ride that momentum when hosting OSU next week
ManiacalBlazer 13
PlactusTX 13 LW: 11 | Tier 2 (no change) | W Northern Iowa

Next week's game against Michigan will give Iowa a chance to prove themselves. For now, they're secure at the lower end of tier 2.
RiffRamBahZoo 13
sirvalkyerie 13
strikersteve60 13
the_neverdoctor 13
TimeBroken 13
12panther 14
blahblehblahwhoru 14
cinciforthewin 14
Corporal_Hicks 14
cyberchaox 14
EpicSchwinn 14
grjohnst 14
ikindalikelemons 14
jjjoebox 14
KansasEF5Tornado 14
monkeymatt1836 14
Red261 14
royrules22 14
TDenverFan 14
budget_um 15 El Assico lived up to its name, but the Hawkeyes look legit on offense
bwburke94 15
Cecil_Hardboner 15
chweris 15
CommodoreN7 15
dabul-master 15
Drexlore 15
GatorBolt 15
grtgbln 15
halldaylong 15
Helifino 15
IceColdDrPepper_Here 15
JBonkies 15
JustAManAndHisLaptop 15
mcdsmaster8824 15
nw____ 15
PattyKane16 15
PeteyNice 15
SearonTrejorek 15
soonerfreak 15
TheNSAAgent777 15
TolkienFan71 15
WarEagle9 15
ya111101 15
Acm0028 16
BananaBouquet 16
BoukenGreen 16
boxbeat 16
Casaiir 16
chillmagic420 16
CptCheese 16
cvsprinter1 16
cyclonepsycho 16
daredassdude 16
Darth_Ra 16
ehoefler 16 80.55 | -4
HideNZeke 16
HieloLuz 16 Solid win over Iowa State |4|, but nothing else of note. Took care of business in other games
Jakesnake42 16 Huge road game against Michigan next week. Last Week: #17
jbowen1 16 1964.85 (+1)
jmac_21 16
jrich960608 16 55-0? Iowa? Iowa Hawkeyes? Did hell freeze over?
kflinderman 16
Longvols 16
MemeofMemeJTG999999 16 (3-0) (up 3)
W: 55-0 vs Northern Iowa (1-2)
Next Week: @ #15 Michigan (3-0)
Projected Bowl: Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs Duke
noahthearc 16
Noelthemexican 16
OKgolfer 16 3-0, win over 2-1 Iowa State
Our-Gardian-Angel 16
penisthightrap_ 16
PSUMediaPA 16
Pyromania1983 16 That's more like it! Iowa didn't look like Iowa in Week 3, and that was the best thing for them. After barely getting by Iowa State in the CyHawk matchup, and scoring just 16 points in that matchup, the Hawkeyes put up 55 points and shut out Northern Iowa. Yes, Northern Iowa isn't a good team, but this was exactly what the Hawkeyes needed before the start of B1G play this week. They immediately get a tough matchup, facing a Michigan team that is still undefeated by technicality.
redwave2505 16
samspopguy 16
shifty1032231 16
SIMBONEGTP 16
sirgippy 16 GippyRank expected rank: 15.2. Central 80% interval: 4–32. Top-25 probability: 85%.
spasm01 16
SteemieRayVaughn 16
StFuzzySlippers 16 Possibly overrated—could end up falling out from here if they can't handle Michigan this week.
TheReformedBadger 16
titansfan174 16
tomdawg0022 16
TopGoose 16
vanburen1845 16
Wescat 16
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 16 (+6) FCS win
Xy13 16
Zef_Apollo 16
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 17
Aidanj927 17
CambodianDrywall 17
CFBHurts 17
DarkLegend64 17
DavoinShower-handle 17
diehardcubforever 17
Dropbackandpunt 17
fshi 17
G-Aardvark 17
GoBlueScrewOSU7 17
grey_pilgrim_ 17
Hackasizlak 17
Hugefootballfan44 17 LW: NR
IAmAChemicalEngineer 17
JamoRedhead 17
Jerrywelfare 17
joebob431 17
jrluhn 17
LiptonCB 17
MahjongDaily 17
mellolizard 17
nemoran 17
Pollaski 17
Pure_Protein_Machine 17
RegionalBias 17
SCsprinter13 17
seaotter2 17
sickmemes48 17
SpadeRyker 17
spmartin1993 17
SufferingfOrLife 17
T-Thugs 17 Iowa is 3-0 with a win over Iowa State (2-1)
Texasagsman 17
The-Gothic-Castle 17
TossedRightOut 17
True_Ad5324 17
udderlymoovelous 17
w8w8 17
Xtremeloco 17
Zloggt 17
AlexanderComet 18
ALStark69 18 +5; BTA, do they have an offense?
Cars-and-Coffee 18 3-0. Power 9.7 (#19), resume #18 (63.5% strength of record).
conchobor 18
Conn3er 18
cornholesurfer 18
DampFrijoles 18
dschinghiskhan 18
dubscurry30 18 +4
elnino550 18
GeauxTri 18
JustinMSU21 18
Klaassy23 18
Lex_Ludorum 18
Luigiatl 18
nbingham196 18
one98d 18
Rcfan0902 18 483.19 (-3)
redrumsoxLoL 18
Roscoe_Filburn 18
SwissArmyScythe 18 +1
Techwid 18
TheUltimate721 18
Tornadohunter24 18 [3-0] (-3) | SOR: #24
Versigot 18
Bereft13 19 Power: 19, SoR: 17; LW: 17
brucewaynewins 19
BUSean 19
CPiGuy2728 19
DarthYoda2594 19
djowen68 19
galacticdude7 19 Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: at Michigan, Ohio State
hascogrande 19
jimbobbypaul 19
jonstark19 19
NyquillusDillwad20 19
retnuh101 19
sgtshenanigans 19
sroach91 19
studio_sally 19
texas2089 19
AJ_CC 20
BallSoHerd 20
bannista7 20
colton_97 20
Conglossian 20 +3
eclectic_tastes 20
GenialGiant 20
lowes18 20
Player_1_has_Joined 20
Rakarei 20
ruwisc 20
0010MK 21
Blooblod 21
Daigotsu 21
DataDrivenPirate 21
Doogitywoogity 21 Did not fall for the trap, and absolutely dominate UNI as they should. Michigan now is going to be where this squad can prove themselves. If the Hawkeyes are able to maintain their offensive progress vs the Wolverines, it will bode extremely well for them.
ewolfy13 21
NotSoSuperNerd 21 1.241 [9.19-2.81]
OldCoaly 21
Pikachu1989 21
roguebandit1 21
SlaminSammons 21
twitter_paulbd 21 834 | 3-0
UNC_Samurai 21
Chipsahoy523 22 +1
manbeardawg 22 1 win vs. P4 opponent
RJEP22 22
corundum9 23
JeromesNiece 23
MemeLovingLoser 23 Change: ▼ 11 | Previous Rank: 12th | Wins Composite Rank: 13th | SoS Composite Rank: 92nd | Margin of Victory Rank: 13th | Penalties Composite Rank: 55th | Yardage Composite Rank: 8th | Turnover Composite Rank: 33rd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 125th | Other Stats Rank: 20th
ThaCarter 23
CRedds19 24
jthomas694 24
Muffinnnnnnn 24
placid_salad 24 LW: #26
smartkeg 24 A consistent team that has dominated its schedule so far. The resume isn't impressive enough to move them much higher.
udubdavid 24
bretticus733 25
COLU_BUS 25
MADBuc49 25 NEW. WMU would be the #12 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #5 LSU in the first round
owlalwaysloveyew 25
tdeff19 25
tdoger 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
grahamca 7 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T1ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 2ⁿᵈ Team Strength, 31ˢᵗ Quality of Wins
alexjcode_com 8 934
Impossible-Still-349 10 (+3) just kind of got here because no one else made sense
mr_longfellow_deeds 10
Spazzatack 10
fm22fnam 11 -1
Nervous_Metal_9445 11 +1
g_trechel 12
hbh110 12
Lilies_of_Edelweiss 12
NNul 12 Second blanking of a team with initials containing, I, N, and U.
Perryapsis 12
Salmon-Dude 12
samtaylor92 12
saquad69 12
BlackGoose_13 13
DarthGlazer 13 does iowa have an offense?
HHunko13 13
ianmcmoney 13
Isthmus11 13 3-0, an Iowa team that could be capable of scoring points. Hard to know if Iowa State is just better than we thought or if Iowa can only score against bad G5/FCS teams
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 13
jtsmd2 13
OG_Felwinter 13
buccaneerboy22 14
GrimmacingGrinny 14 Iowa won 55-0 over Northern Iowa, while rushing for 422 yards and 10.3 yards per carry. I’m not certain what to make of the Iowa offense, as they have trounced the 2 non P-4 opponents and scraped by Iowa State.
Hastronaut 14
JackWK_Gaming 14
LightningDusty 14 =
meristematic 14
myworld3 14
NoOutdoorSoup 14
Piptit 14
PsychologicalFox8660 14
Real-Plant-5722 14
S2OP 14 (+2)
Sflabuckeye13 14
thehornedlamb 14
Yamiosum 14
666PeaceKeepaGirl 15
_THE__BOULDER_ 15 Blowout win & clean sheet against Northern Iowa. Good performance. They were tested last week against Iowa State, and may be tested again against Michigan this week. They've moved up a few spots for me, from 19 to 15, but this is mainly due to a couple teams ahead of them having moved down. Nice to see them with a functional offense though, unlike the Ferentz days.
bigred91224 15
Blazemaster77 15
BoilerUp28 15
Crelc3 15
FindGreatness23 15
geordieColt88 15
IBCBJ 15
Intelligent_Fix_6972 15
KansasChaser2021 15
Living_Human 15 75.64
MotherQuocer 15
National-Sundae9427 15 Their defense is incredible. Offense is still up in the air like always.
NebraskaPlainsman 15
Ok_Boysenberry716 15
SaguaroCactus19 15
SomerandomIDFBfan 15
sportstrap 15
tbraptors 15
ted1995 15
Underground_Bread 15
ValarMorghulis_17 15 Always a "good" team, need to prove they can win big games.
AllEliteSchmuck 16
ArlyntheAwesome 16 congrats! You get to go from unranked to 16th because everyone else is too unproven or untrustworthy to be ranked here! To a degree that includes you!
BeyondLiesTheWub 16 change from last week: +6
ceris13 16
civfan5843 16
DillyDillySzn 16
FoodCourtDruid 16
FrontRunner51 16 (+4)
idnttcrisis 16
josh55134 16
jwrtf 16
Klightgrove 16
logace444444444 16
m3owzika 16
Midnight-Mustang 16
MyAngelMiraidon 16 -1 - Played FCS and felt like on bye
Repulsive_Rub6443 16
Select-Edge-3262 16 +2
SpectralHydra 16
Star_Wars_Sith 16
TheBeekman8 16
ad51603 17
bolts_win_again 17
EL-YEO 17
Esb5415 17
Ethanol-Muffins 17
geauxsaints777 17
gonshpreds1 17
HereComesNightTime 17
JKess207 17 13 points allowed in 3 games. Classic Iowa.
jtchr33 17 Ok fine, I will give you some respect, next two games are really interesting. I thing Michigan should be a easier win, but OSU...that could be a fun game again for them.
loneSTAR_06 17
meta_irl 17
MWiatrak2077 17
NA_Faker 17
PrideSax711 17
requiemsux 17
ResearchFlaky5912 17
Rishik01 17
RowDull8230 17
SignificanceFirm2398 17
Small_Company_5697 17
thatoneguyD13 17 Tier 4.
the_lost_carrot 17
ab317 18
AoA_nB1 18
beckett929 18
bruhstevenson 18
dee3Poh 18 .320
jis024 18
JJones927 18
manbeqrpig 18
Ok_Significance_3803 18
pongislame 18
shouldajustsaid_yeah 18
TomorrowFinal6642 18
TyRoland06 18
WBLwiffleball 18
wittingtarsier 18
Yelich04 18 -
d1sportsball 19 Iowa is scoring points this year... against the G6. When it comes to the P4, all we have is the comeback win over Iowa State. Iowa State is looking better than expected, and a rivalry is a rivalry giving Iowa benefit of the doubt, so for now they are a top 4 team in the Big 10, but the Michigan and OSU games will tell us all we need to know.
hiiightide 19
70277027 20
divey043 20
Kirkwood641 20
MajikSix 20
RJTrey 20
WRSpill 20 (20)
DesignerClub1887 21
mathmanhale 21
Signal_Tip_7428 21
spaceblev11 21
SportsCat4 21
The_Stratman 21
Protoco2 22
Tortillero96 22 -1
W (3-0) H +55 vs Northern Iowa (unranked)
W (2-0) H +3 vs Iowa State (unranked)
W (1-0) H +40 vs Northern IL (unranked)
CallMeTheKing 24
DownshiftGD 24
Flaky_Bit6733 24
jackmc04 24 (-1)
Minnesnowtaaa 24
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