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Big Ten · 2026 season

The story so far

Iowa fans spent the season stunned by an offense that could suddenly score, then whiplashed between blowouts and old-school slogs as the quarterback carousel spun. After a disgusted low at Minnesota, a shutout of Wisconsin left them smugly relieved at 6-2 with playoff hopes alive.

From Reddit fan threads · through Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1 · 6-2

Season misery
58Uneasy
Worst week
83Wk 8 · Oct 19–25
Best week
27Wk 3 · Sep 14–20
Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 42 (Content) · 1-0Wk 2 · Sep 7–13: misery 70 (Miserable) · 1-0Wk 3 · Sep 14–20: misery 27 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 4 · Sep 21–27: misery 62 (Uneasy) · 1-0Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 67 (Miserable) · 0-1Wk 6 · Oct 5–11: misery 62 (Uneasy) · 1-0Wk 8 · Oct 19–25: misery 83 (Despair) · 0-1Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 49 (Meh) · 1-0Wk 0Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans swung from disbelief at Week 1 and Week 3 blowouts to mocking the old Iowa offense at Michigan, cheered 41 points at Washington, then called Minnesota a top-5 worst performance before a halfway decent Wisconsin showing.

    “500+ yards of total offense. Covered the over on our own. Are we good? Is NIU bad? Who knows! Fun game though. Hope your season turns around NIU bros”

    ▲ 179Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6

    Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6 ›Wk 3 · Sep 14–20 ›Wk 4 · Sep 21–27 ›
Kept coming up
Emerging

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 49Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 11-0›
  2. 83Wk 8 · Oct 19–250-1›
  3. —Wk 7 · Oct 12–18
  4. 62Wk 6 · Oct 5–111-0›
  5. 67Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 40-1›
  6. 62Wk 4 · Sep 21–271-0›
  7. 27Wk 3 · Sep 14–201-0›
  8. 70Wk 2 · Sep 7–131-0›
  9. 42Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 61-0›
  10. —Wk 0 · Aug 24–30