The Iowa football defense will have a big challenge contending with quarterback Diego Pavia, who is one of the Heisman Trophy finalists.

Dec. 31 at 12 p.m. EST. BetMGM College Football Odds Line: Vanderbilt by 5.5. Against the spread: Vanderbilt 10-2, Iowa 7-3-1. How to watch: ESPN Key stats Vanderbilt Offense Overall: 468.5 yards per game (11th in FBS) Passing: 282.

Center Logan Jones won the Rimington Trophy Friday night, the national collegiate football award for the best center. Jones earned the finalist nod earlier this month.

The awards and notoriety continued today with two more of Iowa 's offensive linemen, Logan Jones and Beau Stephens, receiving a huge honor. The two offensive linemen, who helped pave the way for Iowa's dominant ground game this year, have earned honors as Associated Press First-Team All-Americans.

After five years with Iowa football, one of the Hawkeyes' premier defensive linemen has accepted his invite to the 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl.

Iowa +3.5 If Iowa is good at one thing, it’s losing close games to ranked teams. I believe that same trend happens here, with Vanderbilt taking the ReliaQuest Bowl victory by a score of 23-20.  The Hawkeyes can keep it close as we’ve seen all year,

The Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz said he views the bowl game as a major achievement after the 2025 regular season.

IOWA CITY - When Iowa football learns its postseason bowl destination on Sunday, it will be in relatively rare company. It will be the Hawkeyes' 12th consecutive bowl invitation - tied for the fifth-longest streak in college football.

Watkins became the first player to officially flip his commitment from Washington State to Iowa State, helping to rebuild a recruiting class that lost a couple of receivers in Kash Brock and Amarion Jackson.

The Iowa State Cyclones and their fan base were certainly disappointed when their head coach, Matt Campbell, decided to take the same position with the Penn Sta

Get to know highly-regarded receivers coach Noah Pauley, who is reportedly following Penn State football head coach Matt Campbell from Iowa State.