Note the West. Note that Iowa team at 7-0, above the West standings. First, who saw that coming? Second, who saw that coming?
Iowa has a command lead right now; for Nebraska to have a shot at the Big Ten West, the Hawkeyes will have to lose two games.
Iowa's remaining schedule - Maryland, at Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue, and at Nebraska. That's not exactly a murder's row of Big Ten foes; not a single one with a winning record in conference.
Let's assume one of those losses is to Nebraska because that's what we do here.