Stormin, did you ever think you you would be making that argument? That the Hawks are about even with UNI and sitting behind ISU in near term potential. Geez.I get your dismissal of the talk, but the real concern is if you are defining head to head as the determining factor - then Iowa isn't 3rd. They beat both Drake and UNI this past year...
The poster saying Iowa is the 3rd best team is still invalid.
On paper, ISU has the best in-state team right now. I would put Iowa and UNI pretty close to each other at 2nd.