Last week the Iowa football team debuted in the College Football Playoff committee’s initial ranking at #16 after starting the season 6-2 with losses to Penn State and Wisconsin. Where will the Hawkeyes sit in tonight’s second released ranking after losing to the Purdue Boilermakers Saturday?
First let’s be clear that while we will be using the AP Poll and Coaches Poll as references, these polls really don’t mean much in the grand scheme of things. They are just a reference point for what the College Football Playoff committee will do.
It’s a good thing they don’t matter too, because the Iowa football program finds themselves out of the top-25 for the first time in a few weeks.