SCHawkeye2
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...and Sparty @ #15.Top Ten has a traditional aspect to it
Only three Big teams make the list
Michigan and Ohio State of course
And the Badgers
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Wisky being up there kinda surprises me. I mean didn't they lose quite a bit? There offense is never all that and a bag of chips either. If their D is in a rebuild of sorts I'd say they are more susceptible to a bit of a fall rather than staying up that high. MSU too for that matter they are even higher. Maybe I'm wrong but I could see Iowa being higher than both of them at the end of the yrTop Ten has a traditional aspect to it
Only three Big teams make the list
Michigan and Ohio State of course
And the Badgers
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I agree with this. They'll have one of the top RBs in the conference and their D usually reloads, but like Iowa they seem committed to the same under-performing QB they had last year that was their downfall.Wisky being up there kinda surprises me. I mean didn't they lose quite a bit? There offense is never all that and a bag of chips either. If their D is in a rebuild of sorts I'd say they are more susceptible to a bit of a fall rather than staying up that high. MSU too for that matter they are even higher. Maybe I'm wrong but I could see Iowa being higher than both of them at the end of the yr
WI returns only 3 starters on D.Wisky being up there kinda surprises me. I mean didn't they lose quite a bit? There offense is never all that and a bag of chips either. If their D is in a rebuild of sorts I'd say they are more susceptible to a bit of a fall rather than staying up that high. MSU too for that matter they are even higher. Maybe I'm wrong but I could see Iowa being higher than both of them at the end of the yr
That's what I thought I'd remembered hearing, but I was scared to repeat it. I mean that's a boat load if one of those guys isn't of JJ Watt level material. Are they replacing dudes with upper classmen or being forced to plug in some underclassman that aren't ready yet? It's just a big ask to replace 8 starters on D it just isWI returns only 3 starters on D.
I don't think Iowa skyrockets up to 15 by beating unranked ISU and Rutgers.... Maybe if they do all that and after they beat Michigan they get close to that but what you're saying would take a lot of other schools to lose their way out too. I don't see that happeningSo Iowa is #26 in coaches poll and and #28 in AP. If Iowa starts 4-0, Iowa will be around #15 by the time Iowa plays Michigan. If Iowa does not start 4-0, Iowa will not be ranked when they play Michigan.
As always, the rankings will work themselves out over time.
That's fine too. Whatever Iowa is ranked if Iowa starts 4-0, we can agree the first real test will probably be against Michigan.I don't think Iowa skyrockets up to 15 by beating unranked ISU and Rutgers.... Maybe if they do all that and after they beat Michigan they get close to that but what you're saying would take a lot of other schools to lose their way out too. I don't see that happening
That's OK, because if I remember correctly Michigan's first real test will be the Hawks.That's fine too. Whatever Iowa is ranked if Iowa starts 4-0, we can agree the first real test will probably be against Michigan.
Everybody knows it's spelled stuped.
So Iowa is #26 in coaches poll and and #28 in AP. If Iowa starts 4-0, Iowa will be around #15 by the time Iowa plays Michigan. If Iowa does not start 4-0, Iowa will not be ranked when they play Michigan.
As always, the rankings will work themselves out over time.
A 5-0 hawk team with a win against Mich is a top 11 or 12 ranked team. I do not see this happening either.. If it does happen you better believe we take a 24-7 loss against Illinois the week after.I don't think Iowa skyrockets up to 15 by beating unranked ISU and Rutgers.... Maybe if they do all that and after they beat Michigan they get close to that but what you're saying would take a lot of other schools to lose their way out too. I don't see that happening
Respectfully I disagree. ISU Rutgers and Nevada all unranked aren't good enough wins to justify jumping that high coming from being unranked like we are. My guess if that happens is we could hop to 16-20. I mean there's a chance Iowa isn't rated when we go into that game. Now I doubt it I think we'll crack the top 25 with 4 wins but not by much. To jump much higher would require some others to lose and fall too. It's a big maybeA 5-0 hawk team with a win against Mich is a top 11 or 12 ranked team. I do not see this happening either.. If it does happen you better believe we take a 24-7 loss against Illinois the week after.