Iowa's Offensive Line Continues To Make History

Oddly enough, Iowa is the only team on this list twice as well. They had a dominant offensive line back in 2015 that finished the year with a 96.0 grade. While the PFF college era doesn't go back too far, it's crazy to think that five of the Top 8 teams all took place in 2015.

Iowa's 94.1 grade is good for eighth place as they're 0.1 behind Indiana's 2015 squad and 0.2 behind Wisconsin's from 2018. The highest graded o-line goes to 2015's Kansas State, 97.9. They're the only team to ever have their offensive line graded higher than a 97.0.

One fan asked what Iowa's offensive line from 2002 would've gotten as it's the "best they can remember." At some point, PFF might decide to retroactively grade some of the top units, but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.

Iowa's Offensive Line Deserves Their Flowers

From Jones to Stephens to Kade Pieier, this offensive line will go down as one of the best in recent memory. Clearly, it's right up there with the unit they threw out on the field 10 years ago. It's interesting to note that no team had entered the Top 8 since 2018, so it's been seven years since PFF has graded a unit that played this well.

Sure, Iowa's 8-4 record leaves a lot to be desired, especially since those four losses were by a combined 15 points. That said, PFF leading unit K-State went 6-7 and they have the top grade of all time. Clearly, a team's record has no direct correlation as to how good they are in the trenches. Iowa will have a chance to end the year with one more win against Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl.