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Iowa

8–4 FBS · Big Ten · 2025
Rating
+14.3
Rank
12
Résumé
20
Our picks
6–6
Expected wins · what our pregame odds said the games were worth
6.6expected wins · finished 8–4
Bowl (6+)77%
9+ wins11%
11+ wins0%

8–4 against 6.6 expected wins. Second-order wins — the record their play deserved — put them at 7.3.

Ranking by week151025Wk 0Wk 7Wk 14Wk 23
Ours 12thAP 17thFinal

Luck & what-ifs

2025 final
One-score record
3–4
decided by 8 or fewer
Wins vs expected
+1.4
8–4 vs 6.6
One-score games flipped
9–3
what-if record
Turnover margin
0
expected +5.5

Luck: +0.7 wins versus the record their play deserved. Banked wins keep; the pace is what regresses.

ConjPWR profile

2025 final · 21st · +10.7 pts vs avg
What repeats — the ratingvs averagepts / game
Offense efficiency+1.144th
Offense play value−0.681st
Defense efficiency+2.522nd
Defense play value+4.113th
Drive finishing+1.021st
Field position+2.62nd
What doesn't — luckvs averagepts / game
Ball security+0.040th
Third-down conversion0.060th

Points per game vs an average team, opponent-adjusted and weighted by how much the factor repeats — the tagged luck factors are already discounted to near zero. Luck added +0.7 pts/game to results; in CFB that pace regresses.

Hidden game

special teams · disruption · style
Special teams EPA / game
+2.5
9th
Havoc rate
10.8%
67th
Rush rate over expected
+4.7%
26th · run-leaning

The pieces the ConjPWR factors don't cover: kicking-game value, defensive disruption, and run/pass lean (style, not quality).

Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom
−0.200.00+0.20FBS averageKansas StateIowa StateKansasFresno StateWestern KentuckySam HoustonHawai'iStanfordSouth FloridaBoise StateRutgersOhioAkronWyomingNC StateEast CarolinaUCFJacksonville StateMinnesotaBuffaloCincinnatiNebraskaWisconsinMiami (OH)Michigan StateWestern MichiganCharlotteApp StateWake ForestKennesaw StateBaylorAuburnColoradoGeorgia TechUNLVSan José StateCentral MichiganMarylandFlorida AtlanticPurdueBall StateTennesseeSyracuseSouthern MissMississippi StateOhio StateTexasTulaneNorthwesternKentuckyToledoIndianaOld DominionPenn StateNevadaFlorida StateAlabamaMassachusettsTempleGeorgiaMarshallVirginiaCoastal CarolinaTexas A&MUTSAUtah StateUTEPClemsonLSUMichiganNew MexicoUSCMissouri StateOle MissGeorgia StateLouisianaRiceTexas StateEastern MichiganGeorgia SouthernOregon StateCaliforniaArizonaWashingtonColorado StateUCLAUtahSouth CarolinaVirginia TechMiamiNotre DameNorth CarolinaTCULouisvilleJames MadisonNorthern IllinoisPittsburghFlorida InternationalDukeIllinoisLibertyUConnTexas TechKent StateSMUDelawareTroyMissouriBowling GreenOregonOklahoma StateNorth TexasNavyUABMiddle TennesseeWest VirginiaFloridaArkansasArkansas StateMemphisArmySouth AlabamaHoustonVanderbiltLouisiana TechOklahomaArizona StateBoston CollegeUL MonroeNew Mexico StateTulsaBYUWashington StateSan Diego StateAir ForceIOWAgood offense, good defense →Offense EPA/play →better defense →
Iowaoff +0.03 65thdef −0.06 24th

Every FBS team, 2025 final. EPA is garbage-time filtered. Tap a logo for its numbers.

Pick record · our line vs the close
6–6against the closing line
Pick was the favorite3–3
Pick was the dog3–3
Home / away side3–4 / 3–2
Average gap to the close+2.2 pts
Our line beat the close5 of 12

Graded against the closing line, not the open. A push counts as neither.

Schedule strength

opponent rating, points vs average
Avg opponentFBS rank
Played+4.927th
Full season+4.927th

Model ledger

2025 · our line against every result
DateOpponentOur lineCloseResultPerformancePick
Sat, Sep 6at Iowa StateIOWA +1.9+1.5L 13–1642WIN
Sat, Sep 13MassachusettsIOWA −35.0−35.5W 47–792LOSS
Fri, Sep 19at RutgersIOWA −1.3−2.5W 38–2855LOSS
Sat, Sep 27IndianaIOWA +8.0+9.5L 15–2044WIN
Sat, Oct 11at WisconsinIOWA −9.1−5.5W 37–088WIN
Sat, Oct 18Penn StateIOWA +4.1−3.0W 25–2462WIN
Sat, Oct 25MinnesotaIOWA −11.0−7.5W 41–381WIN
Sat, Nov 8OregonIOWA +5.8+4.5L 16–1861LOSS
Sat, Nov 15at USCIOWA +6.1+6.5L 21–2639WIN
Sat, Nov 22Michigan StateIOWA −18.2−17.5W 20–1741LOSS
Fri, Nov 28at NebraskaIOWA −2.5−5.5W 40–1671LOSS
Wed, Dec 31at VanderbiltIOWA +6.4+3.0W 34–2757LOSS

How to read this page

EPA/playExpected points added per play.
Success rateShare of plays gaining enough for the down.
Quality driveA drive reaching a first down inside the opponent's 40.
Points per QDFinishing — points scored per quality drive.
QD ratioOur quality drives against theirs. Game control.
RROERush rate over expected for down, distance, score and time.
Game percentileThis performance against every FBS game this season.
Expected winsOur pregame win probabilities summed — computed exactly, no simulations.
Havoc rateTFLs, sacks, passes defensed, forced fumbles per defensive snap.
Second-order winsThe record a team's play-by-play performance deserved.

Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Every number comes from a leak-checked walk-forward pipeline — no retroactive edits, no deleted picks. Picks grade against the closing line. Rate stats exclude garbage time (win probability outside 5–95%); turnovers are counted whole. Not betting advice.