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Can Iowa crack the Top 10 again, after 10-4 last season ❓️

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HB King


The Badgers and Hawkeyes are in the Top 10 of this list.

But, what the heck❓️

Picking Iowa to finish 9-3, but not to finish in Top 25, though 7-5 and 8-4 are ahead of the Hawks. Like last season, when Indiana and Iowa State were given more love.



2022 Iowa Football Schedule​

Sept 3 South Dakota​

Sept 10 Iowa State

Sept 17 Nevada

Sept 24 at Rutgers

Oct 1 Michigan

Oct 8 at Illinois

Oct 15 OPEN DATE​

Oct 22 at Ohio State

Oct 29 Northwestern

Nov 5 at Purdue

Nov 12 Wisconsin

Nov 19 at Minnesota

Nov 25 Nebraska

Iowa's top players:​

JACK CAMPBELL, SR. IOWA​

A 6-5, 243-pound tackling machine, Campbell gets to everything, finishing with 143 tackles last season and 177 stops in his first three seasons. He’s not a big pass rusher – two career sacks and eight tackles for loss – but that’s not really his role. He makes up for it with his pass coverage skills, picking off three passes with 12 broken up passes in his last two years.

Iowa is rated number 5 for LBs​

This group can really, really tackle. Jack Campbell is an All-Big Ten hitter who made 143 stops, Seth Benson made 105 tackles on the weakside, and the rest of the corps is loaded with upperclassmen who’ll rotate in if they can ever get Campbell and Benson off the field.

Preseason All-America Team: CFN Honorable Mention Cornerbacks​

5. Cam Smith, Jr. South Carolina
6. Riley Moss, Sr. Iowa
7. Denzel Burke, Soph. Ohio State
8. Emmanuel Forbes, Jr. Mississippi State
9. Joey Porter, Jr. Penn State
10. Darrell Luter, Sr. South Alabama
11. Steven Gilmore, Sr. Marshall
12. Cam Hart, Sr. Notre Dame

Iowa rated #9 for secondary​

The secondary that took the ball away in bunches should be every bit as dangerous with playmaking corner Riley Moss back from a knee injury. There’s experience across the board for what should be one of the most sound pass defenses in the country.

Will the defense keep up with the #1 offense in 2022?



Odd, but hopefully, Iowa can return to Indy in 2022❓️



Three of Iowa's defenders ranked in Top 25 players in the Big Ten. Best punter and tight end in the conference. A solid run in the West seems fair.


Iowa preview for 2022

 
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