**2026 Iowa Football Season Thread**

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Still very nervous about getting into Top 11. Need losses from two of BYU, Texas Tech, Wake Forest. MAYBE Tennessee also but wouldn’t bank on it.
 
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The defense is not as good as many recent iterations but a semi competent offense improves the scoring d stat significantly. All these scrub teams (big ten west) playing from way behind = lots of fourth down fails in the red zone that would otherwise lead to points. Past years people would just take the points.
 
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ddevries said:
Still very nervous about getting into Top 11. Need losses from two of BYU, Texas Tech, Wake Forest. MAYBE Tennessee also but wouldn’t bank on it.
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Yep. Obviously it's college football and a lot of crazy stuff can happen, but it's not looking good for the Hawks right now imo. I think the "big ten is going to get 3 in" narrative doesn't hold much water this year.

Right now it seems like 4 sec, two big 12, 2 acc, and ND.

Prove me wrong Hoks!!!!!
 
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ddevries said:
Still very nervous about getting into Top 11. Need losses from two of BYU, Texas Tech, Wake Forest. MAYBE Tennessee also but wouldn’t bank on it.
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Tech has Baylor and TCU. Wake has GT and Duke. BYU has Kansas and Cincy. Maybe there is some hope in that Duke game but the other games look like easy wins.
 
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Mitchandrsn said:
Update after 11/10 CFP rankings:

Playoffs - +195/-250 (~33.9% fair)
O9.5 Reg season wins (win out) - +134/-172 (~40.30% fair)

p(Playoff|10-2) is now ~84% per market
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Update after Week 11

Playoffs - +210/-270 (~29.1% fair)
O9.5 Reg season wins (win out) - +108/-138 (~44.9% fair)

p(Playoff|10-2) is now ~64.8% per market
 
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IF we somehow manage to go 10-2, I don't see them leaving the dean of college football out of the playoffs, especially when the end is getting closer. That'll play a factor.
 
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Unless there are upsets, I’m just not seeing it. The committee is going to talk about strength of schedule and quality wins. I’ll gladly eat crow.
 
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When I saw Braeden Jackson catch that swing pass, accelerate away from chasing defenders, then totally reverse his field and take it to the house à la Cooper Dejean, I thought that’s great and all but I bet he would suck as a punt returner.
 
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Fritz Fequiere said:
When I saw Braeden Jackson catch that swing pass, accelerate away from chasing defenders, then totally reverse his field and take it to the house à la Cooper Dejean, I thought that’s great and all but I bet he would suck as a punt returner.
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I bet he's not returning punts and barely did in HS because he's perfect for it.

There hasn't been a single good play he's made this year in a phone booth and that's the first part of almost every punt return.
 
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Old man yelling at cloud disclaimer: The Kinnick gameday production is almost unbearably bad at this point. It’s like they all got drunk at a Cedar Rapids Roughriders game and thought hey, we should do this shit! The Rattling Bog! John Denver singalong at the two-minute warning! Oz, the 40 year old meme cheerleader from 2006 yelling about the FOURTH QUARTER!!! Finish the Fight!

And then there’s the editorializing PA guy. Bone-rattling tackle by Montgomery! Purdue comes up short on 4th and 1 and he just yells NOPE! like a complete tool. What the fuck was that?

The whole thing makes me long for a Tim Dwight ad read and some HMB Hey Jude. These idiots are about two seasons away from bringing in cowbells and vuvuzelas, at which time it may be time to tavern up permanently.
 
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Verbal said:
Old man yelling at cloud disclaimer: The Kinnick gameday production is almost unbearably bad at this point. It’s like they all got drunk at a Cedar Rapids Roughriders game and thought hey, we should do this shit! The Rattling Bog! John Denver singalong at the two-minute warning! Oz, the 40 year old meme cheerleader from 2006 yelling about the FOURTH QUARTER!!! Finish the Fight!

And then there’s the editorializing PA guy. Bone-rattling tackle by Montgomery! Purdue comes up short on 4th and 1 and he just yells NOPE! like a complete tool. What the fuck was that?

The whole thing makes me long for a Tim Dwight ad read and some HMB Hey Jude. These idiots are about two seasons away from bringing in cowbells and vuvuzelas, at which time it may be time to tavern up permanently.
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They definitely need to cut the gain on Oz's mic. He just flat out screams the entire time.
 
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Iowa really needed Chaos in the B12 yesterday and didn't get it.

The SEC is now down to 4 teams getting in after Kentucky/LSU lost yesterday, it'll be UGA, Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee most likely.

That means you've got 6 spots left after the SEC, ND, and the one G6 spot. The question will be are the B12/ACC two bid leagues? If they are, Iowa is fucked.

Really need Tech/BYU to lose yesterday to feel better about a 10-2 Iowa. If Wake/Miami both win out, they appear to both be in.
 
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It’s college football and every team in contention has 2-3 games left. The likelihood that not a single one of them fucks up is low.
 
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L. Wade Childress said:
We are #58 nationally in YPP this season. We were 87 and 76 the past two seasons.

Brian’s last 3 seasons were 121, 126, and 133

Nepotism is a disease.
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I wish I could remember who I was arguing with recently about the offense being significantly better. I sure would like to pwn him.
 
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Verbal said:
Old man yelling at cloud disclaimer: The Kinnick gameday production is almost unbearably bad at this point. It’s like they all got drunk at a Cedar Rapids Roughriders game and thought hey, we should do this shit! The Rattling Bog! John Denver singalong at the two-minute warning! Oz, the 40 year old meme cheerleader from 2006 yelling about the FOURTH QUARTER!!! Finish the Fight!

And then there’s the editorializing PA guy. Bone-rattling tackle by Montgomery! Purdue comes up short on 4th and 1 and he just yells NOPE! like a complete tool. What the fuck was that?

The whole thing makes me long for a Tim Dwight ad read and some HMB Hey Jude. These idiots are about two seasons away from bringing in cowbells and vuvuzelas, at which time it may be time to tavern up permanently.
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Less Blondie and Oz, more Marching band PLZ
 
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Mitchandrsn said:
Update after Week 11

Playoffs - +210/-270 (~29.1% fair)
O9.5 Reg season wins (win out) - +108/-138 (~44.9% fair)

p(Playoff|10-2) is now ~64.8% per market
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Okie win helped so I’m doing it again.

Playoffs - +185/-240 (~31.7% fair)
O9.5 Reg season wins (win out) - +106/-136 (~45.3% fair)

p(Playoff|10-2) is now ~70% per market
 
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Verbal said:
Old man yelling at cloud disclaimer: The Kinnick gameday production is almost unbearably bad at this point. It’s like they all got drunk at a Cedar Rapids Roughriders game and thought hey, we should do this shit! The Rattling Bog! John Denver singalong at the two-minute warning! Oz, the 40 year old meme cheerleader from 2006 yelling about the FOURTH QUARTER!!! Finish the Fight!

And then there’s the editorializing PA guy. Bone-rattling tackle by Montgomery! Purdue comes up short on 4th and 1 and he just yells NOPE! like a complete tool. What the fuck was that?

The whole thing makes me long for a Tim Dwight ad read and some HMB Hey Jude. These idiots are about two seasons away from bringing in cowbells and vuvuzelas, at which time it may be time to tavern up permanently.
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Same. I go to about 1 game per year…last night was my first of 2026. I asked my friend, “When did the game day experience turn into a cheesy minor league baseball game?” And Lehnertz is a fucking terrible PA guy.
 
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This besmurching of Historic Kinnick Stadium will not stand

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