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What channel is the Penn State vs. Iowa on today? Time, TV schedule for Week 8

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October 18, 2025

What channel is the Penn State vs. Iowa on today? Time, TV schedule for Week 8

Penn State fans may feel like they deserve a bit of a break at this point in the season. And for some, perhaps the sports viewing gods are smiling upon them as this week’s Penn State football game at Iowa will be airing exclusively on a digital streaming platform instead of making an appearance on traditional television.

A week after losing a third consecutive game, against Northwestern, Penn State fired head coach James Franklin and officially turned the page with the program’s leadership. While a coaching search is underway, assistant head coach Terry Smith is taking on the role of interim head coach for the remainder of the season. He is taking the role in an unenviable position with a road game in one of the Big Ten’s more notorious road environments at night. HE also does so while having to break in an inexperienced starting quarterback with Ethan Grunkemeyer following the season-ending injury to Drew Allar last week.

Iowa is coming off a dominant showing against Wisconsin last week and will be looking to continue the frustration for the Nittany Lions this week. Here is how to catch this week’s primetime matchup in Iowa City.

Stream Penn State vs. Iowa on Peacock

What channel is Penn State vs. Iowa on today?

TV Channel: N/A
Livestream: Peacock (subscriber only)

Penn State vs. Iowa will broadcast exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform, in Week 8 of the 2025 college football season. Paul Burmeister and former Penn State quarterback Michael Robinson will call the game from the booth at Kinnick Stadium, with Caroline Pineda reporting from the sidelines.

Penn State vs. Iowa time today

Date: Saturday, Oct. 18
Start time: 7:00 p.m. ET

The Penn State vs Iowa game starts at 7:00 p.m. ET from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

Penn State vs. Iowa predictions, picks, odds

Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Friday, Oct. 17.

Spread: Iowa -3
Over/under: 40.5
Penn State Moneyline: +130
Iowa Moneyline: -150

Most of the opinions on this weekend’s matchup has been leaning on Iowa, and for some good reasons. First of all, playing on the road at Kinnick Stadium at night is never easy for any team. Second, this will be Penn State’s first game under interim head coach Terry Smith, and nobody knows what kind of focus this Penn State team will have this week after an in-season coaching change. And lastly, Penn State is starting an inexperienced quarterback in Ethan Grunkemeyer, so who knows what Penn State will get against a solid Iowa defense. There are lots of reasons to lean on Iowa here, but not everybody on our staff is picking the Hawkeyes.

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Pat McAfee praises Audi Crooks, plays hype song for Iowa State star

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January 6, 2026

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Pat McAfee praises Audi Crooks, plays hype song for Iowa State star

Audi Crooks and Iowa State women’s basketball are officially sweeping the nation.

On Tuesday’s edition of “The Pat McAfee Show” on ESPN, the Cyclones’ star and NCAA women’s basketball scoring leader garnered significant praise from the former-NFL-punter-turned-media-personality.

“I’m a huge fan of the way she operates. Huge fan,” McAfee said. “She just gets buckets. That’s literally all she does.

“Did I know anything about Iowa State’s women’s basketball team ever? Nope. But Audi Crooks highlights pop up on my (algorithm), and I say, ‘Boys, immediately, I’m making a song, we’re making a highlight,’ because people are trying to take shots at Audi right now.”

The song and video McAfee referenced was posted on his social media and played on his show before his monologue about Crooks. It features a stylish edit of Crooks points accompanied by what appears to be an AI-generated song with the chorus of, “You’re about to get cooked, by Audi Crooks.”

The “shots” at Crooks that McAfee mentioned refer to a TikTok posted by ESPN with the caption, “Baylor exposed Audi Crooks on defense,” which came in ISU’s first loss of the season on Jan. 4.

Audi Crooks stats

2025-26 season (14 games): 29.1 points (NCAA leader), 6.7 rebounds, 71% shooting
2024-25 season: 23.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 60.5% shooting
2023-24 season: 19.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 57.7% shooting

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Iowa women’s basketball, Chit-Chat Wright sick, Kylie Feuerbach update

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20 hours ago

January 6, 2026

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Iowa women’s basketball, Chit-Chat Wright sick, Kylie Feuerbach update

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Iowa women’s basketball was lacking some of its vocal leadership on Monday at Northwestern.

Part of that was the fact that Hawkeyes senior Kylie Feuerbach is still sidelined with an ankle injury. Another part was the fact that Chit-Chat Wright was not feeling great.

“No excuse, but Chat’s really sick,” Iowa coach Jan Jensen said after the Hawkeyes’ 67-58 victory. “She didn’t have the flu game like (Michael) Jordan. But she’s really sick, like fever. And I think that just threw her. She was really not vocal tonight. So we were kinda searching, because Chat had been coming (as a leader).”

Wright fought through it and played 34 minutes, scoring 12 points and dishing out seven assists.

Jensen confirmed that Feuerbach remains day-to-day. She hasn’t played since getting hurt Dec. 20 vs. UConn.

“I think (our leadership tonight) was by committee,” Jensen said. “It just wasn’t the same person every time. … It’ll be nice to get Kylie back in that lineup.”

Feuerbach, the team’s best perimeter defender, has missed Iowa’s last three games. Jensen said she is pleased overall with how her team has played defensively in Feuerbach’s absence.

“(Against Northwestern) it was more an ‘us’ problem offensively,” Jensen said. “Our defense held. … We turned the ball over 20 times.”

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Two killed in Dubuque after bar fight escalates into police shooting

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January 5, 2026

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Two killed in Dubuque after bar fight escalates into police shooting

Two people are dead after a Dubuque bar fight escalated, with one man shooting another and then being killed by police.

An officer with the Dubuque Police Department was outside the Odd Fellows bar just before 1 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, when he witnessed a physical altercation, according to a news release from the Dubuque Police Department.

As the officer exited the patrol vehicle, an adult man allegedly used a handgun to shoot one of the people involved in the fight. The officer fired at the offender, who then ran into the bar.

The victim who was shot first was provided medical treatment by officers at the scene and then transported to MercyOne Hospital in Dubuque.

The offender was treated by police officers inside the bar and then transported to UnityPoint Finley Hospital.

Both were later pronounced dead.

The names of those involved are not being released at this time pending notification of family members.

The incident is being investigated by the Dubuque Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The officer involved was not injured and has been placed on critical incident leave in accordance with the department’s policies.

Nick El Hajj is a reporter at the Register. He can be reached at nelhajj@gannett.com. Follow him on X at @nick_el_hajj.

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