We’re less than one week away from beginning our countdown to kickoff, which means we’re just over 100 days away from the first college football games of the 2021 season. While we’re about to enter the summer months with more than three months until the season officially kicks off, we’ve got something resembling some actual football news this week.
That is, Athlon Sports is out with a couple of preseason items this week. The first is their preseason top-25, which includes mini previews for all teams making the cut. The Hawkeyes come in at #16 in the preseason ranks, one spot below their final CFP ranking at the end of 2020.