It is not all sunshine and rainbows in Iowa City today for the Iowa Hawkeyes. While the start of the college football season is still over two months away, the recruiting cycle for prospects in the class of 2027 is at a fever pitch.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are no strangers to the NBA Draft, despite lacking some consistent success in the college basketball world. Although Iowa has not put together consistent success, the new era of Ben McCollum is upon the Hawkeyes and is trending in the right direction.
Recruiting - it can give, and it can take. Such is the world of college football and luring 18-year-old talents to your program in an era where things can flip in minutes or hours.
The big numbers matter. I get it. Passing yards, rushing yards, sacks, interceptions - all of those are important. You can't have football without those things.
College football can be a one-year deal for many teams in the new era of NIL and the transfer portal. Is it sustainable? Probably not. You're bound to have a bad year and miss on guys at some point.
Rivalries make college football so special. Few sports have the intensity and hatred that college football rivalries bring. It gets nasty, it gets mean, and it can get personal at times.
Things in Iowa City have a lingering sense of urgency hanging around the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling program. Last season saw the Hawkeyes finish the year with a 12-6 overall record and a 5-3 mark in Big Ten meets, both below the standard that has come to be expected from a program like Iowa.
Iowa Hawkeyes, welcome to the college basketball party. My goodness, the Hawkeyes are loading up the non-conference slate for the 2026-27 season, showing some serious muscle.
What is the ceiling for the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2026? Is it nine wins? Ten? The program's first College Football Playoff appearance? All are in play with the 2026 schedule.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are lurking. They are in that logjam of teams in the second tier of the Big Ten who are liable to hang up 10 wins or fight for bowl eligibility.
The Iowa Hawkeyes have picked up an important recruiting win on the 2027 recruiting trail.
After a few tough days in the recruiting world, missing out on back-to-back four-star wide receivers, the Iowa Hawkeyes are back on the board with a win.
The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball program is yearning for the opportunity to get back on the court this year. After an early exit in the 2026 NCAA Women's Tournament, which saw Iowa go home in the Round of 32 despite earning rights as a host site, this team has high hopes for the 2026-27 season.
Is it fair to ask any player to truly replace Bennett Stirtz and what he did for the Iowa Hawkeyes during the 2025-26 college basketball season? It's a bit of an unfair standard to hold players to, but Ben McCollum has a high standard, which is a large part of the reason he wins everywhere he goes.
The Big Ten is a big boy conference of college football. With the last three College Football Playoff champions coming from it, there is a case to be made that it is the best in the sport right now.
Last year's success of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball program has the feeling of being an appetizer for what is yet to come. Ben McCollum, a natural-born winner who wins anywhere he goes, is looking to prove Iowa's recent run to the NCAA Tournament Elite 8 wasn't a fluke, but closer to the standard and expectation in Iowa City.
The Iowa Hawkeyes have the top-level talent on the roster right now in Zach Lutmer, Kade Pieper, Kamari Moulton, and others. Those are the stars entering 2026.
I can't put things any clearer than this: The Iowa Hawkeyes have to go 3-0 in their non-conference slate for any chance at being in the College Football Playoff conversation.
Just as soon as the Iowa Hawkeyes wrapped up a run to the Elite 8 and capped off a strong season in 2025-26, the first page of the next chapter is already being written.
The build is officially on in Iowa City for head basketball coach Ben McCollum and the Iowa Hawkeyes. After a monstrous success of a 2025-26 season, he has landed strong portal additions for this season to continue the momentum.
It's been talked about all offseason long: where are the Iowa Hawkeyes going to find production from in 2026? The departures were abundant, and new faces
The NCAA Tournament is a unique experience for teams and fanbases. On one hand, an early exit or upset by a lower-ranked team can completely taint a season and turn the offseason into doom and gloom with no signs of hope.
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark emerged as one of basketball's most iconic figures while playing for the University of Iowa. The star guard never won a national championship.
Ferentz has sent a ton of great offensive linemen into the league, and the latest is Gennings Dunker, who was selected No. 96 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are going to accept the punishment handed down to them by the NCAA for allegedly tampering with quarterback Cade McNamara before he entered the transfer portal in 2022.
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