The Iowa Hawkeyes don't have to wait long to get back into action. This week is a Friday night kickoff against the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington, which should have the full attention of the Big Ten.
If there's one thing I feel like I can count on with the Iowa Hawkeyes, it's their ability to bounce back after losses and stop the bleeding. It's quietly been a specialty of Kirk Ferentz during his three-decade tenure as the head coach of the Hawkeyes.
The quarterback situation is taking over the headlines surrounding the Iowa Hawkeyes again. This time, it isn't for a quarterback competition. It's more of a matter of who is going to start this week's game against Washington due to health concerns.
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Iowa and Washington are ready for a pivotal Big Ten showdown to highlight Week 6 of the college football regular season and the odds, via the Polymarket App, have been revealed.
College football has historically been known as a sport that caters to the elite. It is very difficult to win a national championship if you aren't Notre Dame, Alabama, Ohio State, or a host of other schools that have great programs that invest heavily in keeping them at the top.
The challenges won't end for Iowa just because one of the best teams in the country is now in the rearview of the schedule.
Jeremiah Smith went off again in Week 5 and his performance against Iowa has Kirk Ferentz admitting what not many coaches will. If Jeremiah Smith wins the Heisman Trophy for the 2026 college football season, his performance against Iowa will be one of the games people point to.
Despite being the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes for three decades and becoming synonymous with everything Iowa, the world where Kirk Ferentz never became the Hawkeyes' head coach is almost a reality.
It’s been a rough week for USC. The Trojans lost at home to Oregon and during the game USC LB Desman Stephens II was ejected for targeting after trying to decapitate Oregon QB Dante Moore.
Iowa is 4-0 and ranked No. 14, but Ferentz isn’t understating the challenge of facing No. 5 Ohio State. The Buckeyes are 3-1, and Ferentz said Iowa will need to be nearly flawless.
Coaching changes happen every year, but they don't all happen the same way. We have had some wild offseason coaching moves in recent seasons, and 2025-2026 wasn't any different.
Should the Iowa Hawkeyes be nervous when Ohio State comes to town this Saturday for a ranked Big Ten matchup? Kinnick Stadium is going to be raucous. ESPN College GameDay is going to be in attendance.
Iowa has had barely enough time to enjoy one of its wildest wins of the season. The Hawkeyes walked out of Michigan Stadium last week after Hank Brown found Reece Vander Zee for a last-second touchdown, stealing a 20-19 win over the Wolverines.
Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes don't have much time to celebrate their Week 4 last-second win over the Michigan Wolverines at the Big House.
Jeremiah Smith is on another level when it comes to his talent and hype. The Iowa Hawkeyes have the duty of trying to slow him down this weekend when the Ohio State Buckeyes come to Kinnick Stadium.
The No. 14-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes will have their hands full this coming Saturday, as they will be hosting the No. 5-ranked Ohio State football team at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.
An absolutely stunning ending.
Can the Iowa Hawkeyes get out to a 4-0 start? Well, maybe. It isn't easy, though. The Iowa Hawkeyes and Kirk Ferentz, the longest-tenured head coach in FBS, will have to go through the Michigan Wolverines on the road in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Big House.
The current world of college football has enough distractions to drive anyone mad, especially head coaches and players. There's constant drama about where teams are ranked in the polls, what the College Football Playoff looks like after just three games, and that's before we even get into the matchup each week.
The Michigan Wolverines and head coach Kyle Whittingham are coming up on a huge test of the strength of their team.
Iowa State emerged victorious in its last two trips to Iowa City, but that was under former coach Matt Campbell. New Cyclones coach Jimmy Rogers matches wits against Iowa coaching legend Kirk Ferentz in the Cy-Hawk rivalry for the first time on Saturday night when Iowa State and the No.
Ferentz and the Hawkeyes wanted quarterbacks they could mold.
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.
The Hawkeyes have been producing NFL-caliber tight ends seemingly every few years.
It would make sense for Kirk Ferentz to be a bit miffed after his Iowa Hawkeyes' 18-16 home loss to the Oregon Ducks on Saturday.
The Oregon Ducks are 7-1 and ranked No. 9 in the nation. Head coach Dan Lanning must feel confident that he has a team capable not only of qualifying for the College Football Playoff but also of making a deep run.
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