THE POLL / Big Ten / 2026

IOWA.

Every game. Every component. Every point accounted for.

COMPUTER RANK

#36

AP RANK

#20

RECORD

4–1

COMPUTER SCORE

70.07

Iowa is #36 with a 4–1 record. Results contributes 20.00 points to its 70.07 total. Its most valuable win is over Michigan (20–19), worth 2.08 résumé units. Strength of schedule is its lowest component at 51.8/100. The next team, Ole Miss, scores 69.91.

THE SCORE, DISASSEMBLED.

v1.0.0

Results · 25%

80.0 / 100

+20.000 points

Quality wins · 20%

71.5 / 100

+14.307 points

Strength of schedule · 20%

51.8 / 100

+10.365 points

Strength of record · 15%

71.5 / 100

+10.730 points

Road / neutral · 8%

85.8 / 100

+6.861 points

Capped dominance · 7%

63.5 / 100

+4.445 points

Loss quality · 5%

67.2 / 100

+3.358 points

SUM OF WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS = 70.06569343
Adjusted OWP: 0.562500 · OOWP: 0.516093 · Raw SOS: 0.548578

THE SEASON SO FAR.

WEEKLY COMPUTER RANK

Movement history appears after the next published week.

THE RECEIPTS.

WK	OPPONENT	SITE	RESULT	OPP. QUALITY	WIN VALUE	LOSS PENALTY
2	Iowa State	home	W 16–13	0.6553	+1.8477	—
1	Northern Illinois	home	W 40–0	0.1022	+1.3277	—
4	Michigan	Road	W 20–19	0.6935	+2.0764	—
3	Northern IowaFCS	home	W 55–0	0.0000	+1.2000	—
5	Ohio State	home	L 14–31	0.7087	—	1.6208

Résumé units feed the quality-win and loss components before percentile normalization. They are not direct additions to the final score.

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