Hawkeyes climb in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings

POWERED BY CARLS AUTO GROUP. HOW ABOUT A SWEET 16 NEXT TO THE HAWKEYES? NAME IOWA WITH A RECORD OF TEN AND TWO CLIMBED ONE SPOT TO 16TH. THERE IT IS IN TUESDAY’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKING REVEAL THERE ARE FIVE OTHER TEN AND TWO TEAMS THAT ARE RANKED AHEAD OF IOWA. BUT IOWA IS 16TH. HERE IS THE TOP SEVEN. GEORGIA REMAINS NUMBER ONE. MICHIGAN CLIMBS TO TWO AFTER BEATING OHIO STATE. WASHINGTON AND FLORIDA STATE ROUND OUT THE TOP FOUR. SO YOU HAVE GOT OREGON, OHIO STATE AND TEXAS ALL TRYING TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR OR GET IN. THEY NEED SOME CHAOS. THEY NEED SOME TEAMS AHEAD OF THEM TO LOSE. THEY’LL BE ROOTING FOR IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT IN INDY. HOWEVER, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HISTORY. IOWA COMING IN AS A 23 POINT UNDERDOG AGAINST THE WOLVERINES, WHICH SPORT ONE OF THE TOP OFFENSES. AND DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY. THE HAWKEYES, THOUGH THEY’RE FRESH OFF WINNING THAT HEROES TROPHY AND THEY CANNOT WAIT FOR THEIR CHANCE TO SHINE. I MEAN, THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE LIKE NAYSAYERS AND DOUBTERS IN THIS GAME. SO AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE ON THAT OTHER END. WE’VE BEEN ON THAT END THE WHOLE SEASON. SO I MEAN, WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT. SO WE ALWAYS EMBRACE THE ADVERSITY. 7:00 KICKS SATURDAY

What does knocking off Nebraska and posting a 10-2 record get you? For the Hawkeyes, it has earned them a ranking of 16th in Tuesday night's College Football Playoff rankings reveal. Iowa was ranked 17th last week. There are five other 10-2 teams ranked ahead of Iowa.Oregon, Ohio State, and Texas are among the teams on the outside looking in that will need some upsets to happen this weekend when conference championships are played. Very few are expecting one of those upsets to happen in Indianapolis, where Michigan is a 23-point favorite over Iowa. "There are always going to be naysayers and doubters," Iowa senior Sebastian Castro said. "We are just on the other end. "We have been on the other end all season. We like it like that. We embrace the adversity."Michigan beat Iowa 42-3 in the 2021 Big Ten Championship Game. This year's game kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday on Fox.

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There are five other 10-2 teams ranked ahead of Iowa.

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Oregon, Ohio State, and Texas are among the teams on the outside looking in that will need some upsets to happen this weekend when conference championships are played. Very few are expecting one of those upsets to happen in Indianapolis, where Michigan is a 23-point favorite over Iowa.

"There are always going to be naysayers and doubters," Iowa senior Sebastian Castro said. "We are just on the other end. "We have been on the other end all season. We like it like that. We embrace the adversity."

Michigan beat Iowa 42-3 in the 2021 Big Ten Championship Game. This year's game kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday on Fox.

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