Iowa Hawkeyes FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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A Overall Grade 94

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Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Iowa Hawkeyes has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	6-6	50.0%	—
2008-09	9-4	69.2%	—
2009-10	11-2	84.6%	—
2010-11	8-5	61.5%	#31
2011-12	7-6	53.8%	#45
2012-13	4-8	33.3%	#77
2013-14	8-5	61.5%	#33
2014-15	7-6	53.8%	#56
2015-16	12-2	85.7%	#9
2016-17	8-5	61.5%	#34
2017-18	8-5	61.5%	#16
2018-19	9-4	69.2%	#21
2019-20	10-3	76.9%	#16
2020-21	6-2	75.0%	#19
2021-22	10-4	71.4%	#18
2022-23	8-5	61.5%	#24
2023-24	10-4	71.4%	#18
2024-25	8-5	61.5%	#30
2025-26	9-4	69.2%	#15

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
1	Indiana	16	0
2	Oregon	13	2
3	Ohio State	12	2	1
15	Iowa	9	4
16	Illinois	9	4
17	Southern Cal	9	4
20	Michigan	9	4
26	Washington	9	4
36	Penn State	7	6
41	Minnesota	8	5
49	Northwestern	7	6
51	Wisconsin	4	8
52	Nebraska	7	6
69	Rutgers	5	7
89	UCLA	3	9
90	Michigan St	4	8
117	Purdue	2	10
120	Maryland	4	8

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	vs Albany NY (2-10) (FCS) CAA · FCS	W34-7
Sat Sep 6	at Iowa St (8-4) Big 12	L13-16
Sat Sep 13	vs Massachusetts (0-12) Mid-American	W47-7
Fri Sep 19	at Rutgers (5-7) Big Ten	W38-28
Sat Sep 27	vs #1 Indiana (16-0) (#1 nationally) Big Ten	L15-20
Sat Oct 11	at Wisconsin (4-8) Big Ten	W37-0
Sat Oct 18	vs Penn State (7-6) Big Ten	W25-24
Sat Oct 25	vs Minnesota (8-5) Big Ten	W41-3
Sat Nov 8	vs #2 Oregon (13-2) (#2 nationally) Big Ten	L16-18
Sat Nov 15	at #17 Southern Cal (9-4) (#17 nationally) Big Ten	L21-26
Sat Nov 22	vs Michigan St (4-8) Big Ten	W20-17
Fri Nov 28	at Nebraska (7-6) Big Ten	W40-16
Wed Dec 31	#23 Vanderbilt (10-3) (#24 nationally) SEC	W34-27

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	28	0	0
1	Sep 2	33	1	0	5
2	Sep 7	53	1	1	20
3	Sep 14	60	2	1	7
4	Sep 21	41	3	1	19
5	Sep 28	53	3	2	12
6	Oct 5	79	3	2	26
7	Oct 12	68	4	2	11
8	Oct 19	51	5	2	17
9	Oct 26	33	6	2	18
10	Nov 2	34	6	2	1
11	Nov 9	33	6	3	1
12	Nov 16	39	6	4	6
13	Nov 23	31	7	4	8
14	Nov 30	23	8	4	8
15	Dec 7	22	8	4	1
16	Dec 14	22	8	4
17	Dec 21	20	8	4	2
18	Dec 28	21	8	4	1
19	Jan 4	15	9	4	6
20	Jan 10	15	9	4
21	Jan 20	15	9	4

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