IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa barely acknowledged winning the Big Ten West. The Hawkeyes have much bigger goals.
C.J. Beathard threw three touchdown passes, and No.6 Iowa clinched a share of the West title and a spot in the Big Ten championship game with a 40-20 win over Purdue on Saturday.
LeShun Daniels Jr. ran for two TDs for the Hawkeyes (11-0, 7-0). Iowa will play at Nebraska next week in search of its first 12-0 regular season.
Iowa let Purdue get within 20-13 in the third quarter. But Beathard's 22-yard TD pass to Henry Krieger-Coble with 8:40 left sealed yet another victory for the Hawkeyes.