So as Dragnet said : Just the facts maam.
So here they are:
HAYDEN --------------------
OK, NEB
Iowa State, AZ
Neb, ISU, UCLA
ISU, NEB, AZ
ISU, Penn State
ISU, Penn state, Hawaii
Drake, ISU, N. Ill.
ISU, N. Ill, UTEP
Tenn, ISU, AZ, K State
Hawaii, K State, ISU, Co.
Oregon, Tulsa, ISU
Hawaii, K State, Co, ISU
CinCi, ISU, Miami
Hawaii, N. Ill, ISU
NC St, Miami, ISU, Co.
1993 - Tulsa, ISU, N. Ill 9 B1G games
C. Ill, ISU
N. Ill, ISU, New Mexico St. Only 8 B1G Games ?????
AZ,ISU, Tulsa
N Ill, ISU, Tulsa
C Mich, ISU, AZ
16 Non power 5 (approximately, as they move around) in 21 years
Kirk ---------------------------------------
Neb, ISU, N Ill
K state, ISU, W. Mich
Kent State, Miami (OH), ISU
Akron, ISU, Miami (OH), Utah St
Miami(OH), Buffalo, ISU
Kent State, ISU, Az State
Ball state, ISU, N. Iowa
Montana, ISU, Syracuse
N Ill, ISU, Syracuse
Maine, Fl International, ISU, Pitt
N. Iowa, AZ, ISU
E. Ill, ISU, AZ, Ball State
Tenn State, ISU, Pitt, That power Lousiana-Monroe
N. Iowa, ISU, N. Ill, Central Mich
N. Ill, ISU, Missouri State, W. Mich
N. Ill, Ball state, ISU, Pitt
Ill. State, ISU, Pitt, North Texas
Miami (OH), ISU, N. Dakota St
Wy, N. Texas, ISU
N. Ill, ISU, N Iowa
ISU, Miami (OH), Middle Tenn State
NO OOC covid
ISU, Kent State, Colorado State
S. Dakota St, ISU, Nevada
=== 43 2nd Tier teams in 24 years.
So Kirk has had 27 MORE cupcake games that Hayden.
That is a little over 1 gimme a year. So subtract 27 games from Kirks record, and you get 181 - 27 = 154 wins and 112 losses. That is a little less than 58%. Hayden won right at 60% of Iowa games and if you throw out the 6 ties, it was 68%. So regardless of what the scores were, Hayden is best in my opinion.