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Iowa Football: Bye week more effective than quality opponent

I’m not complaining about the Iowa football team moving to 14 in both polls. Right now, 14 is about where the Hawkeyes should be.

In fact, outside of fellow Big Ten members Wisconsin and Penn State, Iowa is the highest-ranked team that hasn’t earned a berth into the College Football Playoff or the preceding era’s BCS National Championship Game.

Considering that both Wisconsin and Penn State have won the Big Ten recently, this is a pretty nice compliment to the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Look at this week’s AP Poll.

The first big observation is that three of the top four teams are in the SEC.