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Iowa vs. Minnesota Football Preview

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Iowa’s upcoming tilt against Minnesota is its most important game of the season to date, and only a Hawkeye win will result in the team playing more meaningful contests than this one before year’s end. Iowa’s flaws are apparent and its struggles well-documented, but the team has done a phenomenal job rebounding from a slow start and an atrocious three-game losing streak in October to earn a shot at winning the Big Ten West. While a win over the Gophers does not guarantee Iowa a trip to Indianapolis, a loss would all but eliminate them from contention. To capture pole position in the Big Ten West race, Iowa will need to beat its rival to the north for a record-setting eighth consecutive time, win its 14th consecutive game in the month of November (a streak that dates back to 2019), and notch its first win of the season against a top ten scoring defense, having gone 0-4 against such competition so far this year.