Welcome to Big Ten football.
The Rankings. Despite a blowout win over North Texas, Iowa remained unranked by both the coaches and AP. Iowa was fifth in the "also receiving votes" section of the AP poll and seventh with the coaches. It was the 75th consecutive polling day in which the Hawkeyes were unranked. The next step is simple: Beat Wisconsin (19th in AP, 18th in Coaches) and get ranked. Absent that, voters aren't going to buy New Ferentz just yet.
Welcome to the B1G Stage. And so Iowa opens Big Ten play at Wisconsin this Saturday, undefeated for the first time since 2009 and an 8.