The Iowa Hawkeyes punched their ticket to Indianapolis two weeks ago after beating Illinois by two points at home. Not necessarily needing the win, they followed that up with a game-winning field goal on Black Friday at Nebraska.
They haven’t lost since a controversial call that took away a punt return touchdown against Minnesota a month ago, so they are riding into the Big Ten Championship on a four-game winning streak.
But standing in their way of their first conference championship since 2004 are the red-hot Michigan Wolverines. Jim Harbaugh will be back on the sidelines in search of his third straight conference title after serving a three-game suspension handed down by Big Ten commissioner Tony Pettiti due to the Connor Stalions sign-stealing investigation.