Big Ten divisions have existed for a decade now and, as it stands, the month of October has been cruel to the Iowa Hawkeyes in their quest to playing in the Big Ten Championship. They’ve done it just once, after the 12-0 2015 regular season. But you already knew that.
What you may not have known is just how often Iowa puts themselves out of divisional contention before the calendar even turns to November. “Divisional contention” is a bit of a broad term, considering if things just went their way over those last four games, maybe they could.