๐Ÿˆ Fan Watch

#20Iowa Hawkeyes

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This week
WEEK 6 ยท 2026
The Week 6 job

Iowa heads to Seattle without knowing who plays quarterback

Hank Brown's fumble, interception and injury left Iowa's quarterback job unsettled before a Friday night trip to Washington that swings the Hawkeyes' Big Ten math.

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Iowa football players in black-and-gold uniforms take the field at Kinnick Stadium.
Iowa takes the field before the 2024 Cy-Hawk game.
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Your game

Iowa at Washington
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playoff chanceNow18%Win26%Loss10%
Iowa
Iowa 50%Washington 50%
Washington

Other impactful games

the highlighted team is the result Iowa wants
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Priority 1
Root for
Maryland
at
Ohio State
Root for Maryland7.3-point title-game boost

Ohio State losing would help Iowa in the Big Ten standings; Ohio State losing would soften the effect of Iowa's loss to them.

17% if Maryland wins10% with the other result7.3-point differenceIowa Big Ten title-game chance
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Priority 2
Indiana
at
Root for
Nebraska
Root for Nebraska5.9-point title-game boost

Indiana losing would help Iowa in the Big Ten standings; Iowa plays Nebraska in week 13, so a win would make a future opponent look stronger.

15% if Nebraska wins9% with the other result5.9-point differenceIowa Big Ten title-game chance
55 more games that don't move your needle
USC at Penn State ยท NBC
Southern Miss at Troy ยท ESPN2
Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State ยท CBSSN
New Mexico State at Florida International ยท ESPN2
Sam Houston at Liberty ยท ESPNU
Missouri State at Western Kentucky ยท CBSSN
South Florida at UTSA ยท ESPN
South Alabama at Arkansas State ยท ESPN2
Florida State at Louisville ยท ESPN
Washington State at Utah State ยท The CW Network
Wyoming at San Josรฉ State ยท CBSSN
Iowa State at BYU ยท ESPN
Texas A&M at Missouri ยท ABC
Arizona at West Virginia ยท truTV
UCF at Oklahoma State ยท ESPN2
North Carolina at Pittsburgh ยท ESPN
Wake Forest at NC State ยท The CW Network
Tulane at Army ยท CBSSN
Sacramento State at Bowling Green ยท ESPN+
Ball State at Northwestern ยท BTN
South Carolina at Florida ยท SEC Network
Old Dominion at App State ยท ESPN+
Miami (OH) at Massachusetts ยท ESPN+
Texas at Oklahoma ยท ABC
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt ยท ESPN
Houston at Kansas State ยท FOX
Duke at Georgia Tech ยท ESPN2
Stanford at Notre Dame ยท NBC
Virginia Tech at California ยท ACC Network
Illinois at Michigan State ยท FS1
UCLA at Oregon ยท CBS
Charlotte at North Texas ยท ESPN+
Tulsa at Navy ยท CBSSN
Eastern Michigan at Akron ยท ESPN+
Buffalo at Toledo ยท ESPN+
Central Michigan at Ohio ยท ESPN+
Kent State at Western Michigan ยท ESPN+
UConn at Temple ยท ESPNU
Rice at East Carolina ยท ESPN+
Tennessee at Arkansas ยท SEC Network
San Diego State at Oregon State ยท USA Network
LSU at Kentucky ยท ESPN
UAB at Memphis ยท ESPN2
Nevada at UTEP ยท FS1
North Dakota State at UNLV ยท The CW Network
Coastal Carolina at Marshall ยท ESPN+
Georgia at Alabama ยท ABC
Syracuse at Virginia ยท ACC Network
Air Force at Northern Illinois ยท CBSSN
James Madison at Georgia Southern ยท ESPNU
Louisiana at Louisiana Tech ยท ESPN+
Minnesota at Purdue ยท BTN
Hawai'i at Arizona State ยท FS1
Kansas at Utah ยท ESPN
Boise State at Fresno State ยท The CW Network
Your rooting list:Iowa, then Maryland, Nebraska.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 6, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 6). How the model works.