Iowa 13 in USAToday Way Too Early Preseason Poll

Its not based just upon what they did this year, but what they have coming back, schedule, and direction.

The West is wide open given coaching changes and returning players. Iowa's crossover schedule is much easier as we rotate off OSU and Mich. Its a pretty safe bet that the defense will be salty again. We bought a QB who has already won big games in this conference. We return our starting RB and our OL has nowhere to go but up. Our TE room looks solid again and maybe with a QB who can deal our WR room will improve. We return our All-Australian punter and a good FG kicker.

Its not outlandish to believe we can win 10 games next season based upon the schedule changes alone. I don't see this as a stretch at all.

Look at the schedule and if you were Vegas and had to put odds on all games now, we are probably a push at ISU and Wisky, a dog at PSU and should be favored in every other game. It won't be that clean, but at this stage all you can do is model and predict.
 
Fryowa said:
Nebraska is often picked in the top 20 of these things and we know how that turns out.
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That has not been all that true the last couple years. Scott Frost burned a lot of pundits during his tenure of nightmares and the shine is off the Fuskers for the time being. Makes my heart warm.
 
Hawkboys said:
They must know IA's getting a new OC.
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Or that there will more likely be modest changes on offense in the coaching room and philosophy, that KF typically wins 8-10 games a year with his approach, that the schedule is softer in 23, that the West is softer in 23, that Iowa will have a championship level defense, that Iowa will have championship level special teams, and that Iowa will be marginally better on offense by just having a better QB. 10 wins is a reasonable prediction given all that.
 
Hawkfnntn said:
Lucky 13 eh... Doubt anyone puts us any higher then that... Seems crazy to me. But I'm not mad about it
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Iowa with a middling offense (60-70 overall) would be a top 10 team even with losing 3 LBs, 1 All-american CB and a round 1 DE.
 
Hawkboys said:
Iowa with a middling offense (60-70 overall) would be a top 10 team even with losing 3 LBs, 1 All-american CB and a round 1 DE.
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Seems like a big ask... But I'm not sure what the other schools all have coming back either so I can't say with a ton of confidence either way. I just haven't kept up with the rest that much. For us to be sniffing the top 10 is pretty damn big especially with losing who all you mentioned.
 
I think this is mostly based on Iowa's success in the portal. We as fans think they haven't been all that successful but it's clear that to outsiders, Iowa has supplemented well in the portal.
 
InGoodCo said:
I think this is mostly based on Iowa's success in the portal. We as fans think they haven't been all that successful but it's clear that to outsiders, Iowa has supplemented well in the portal.
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Yeah getting a splashy Qb is probably why. For a lot of the folks looking at things on the surface level that's what they immediately look at. Landing an impact TE and Olineman that should plug into the starting lineup sure doesn't hurt either. I'll include Flipper Andersons kid too but it's hard telling what his impact could be.
 
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