After a 13-10 street win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Iowa Hawkeyes are in a spot of controlling their very own future inside the Huge Ten West and want only one extra win to make the dream a actuality.
After profitable at Minnesota, the Hawkeyes are seeing a fourth-straight week of rising within the USA TODAY Sports activities’ 1-131 re-rank. This week sees the Hawkeyes leap up 11 spots all the best way to No. 34.
The loss despatched Minnesota sliding downwards from the forty ninth spot to No. 51 within the rankings. Iowa’s upcoming opponent, the Nebraska Cornhuskers sit with a report of 3-8 after a loss to the Wisconsin Badgers and are down at No. 100 within the re-rank.
Kirk Ferentz is aware of that the matchup towards the Cornhuskers carries important weight with a visit to the Huge Ten Championship and the Huge Ten West on the road.
“Now, shapes as much as be a major sport that means, however you’re all the time hoping to play for one thing in November, however you by no means know what it’s going to be. I’m guessing—I don’t know something about playing—I’m guessing when you put 10 bucks on us 4 weeks in the past, you’d most likely be okay. I’m not advocating that, however simply, it most likely would have been an excellent deal. Have a tough time discovering any takers on that one, however anyway, so now it’s simply, that’s the best way it’s. We had no management over what else was going to go on right this moment aside from what we might do, and that was our encouragement. Simply let’s give attention to what’s in entrance of us. And that’s precisely what we have to do that subsequent 5 days, too,” Ferentz stated when requested in regards to the significance of the win over Minnesota.
Iowa hosts Nebraska this Friday, November 25 at 3pm CT in Kinnick Stadium. With a win, Iowa clinches the Huge Ten West.
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