
No Big Ten team has had a more challenging schedule than Iowa, so far. No Big Ten team has as solid of a defense, either. Iowa's offense must be as bad or worse than Illinois', and Northwestern's. To my eye, Michigan which is currently unranked, looked really good against Washington, not so bad against W. Michigan, so I am moving them up, and that's not because Penn State or Wisconsin did poorly, or that Ohio State is so bad. Ohio State should have played better, on defense, but it is the same dead drum beat that has kept tOSU from winning the FBS championship the past few years,
i.e. questionable defensive integrity.
The schedule eases up for the Hawkeyes the next two weeks with home games against Kent St., and Colorado St., before a road game at Maryland will heat things up a bit. Then Penn St. comes to Iowa City for a game at a time to be determined.
Big Ten teams #s 1 - 10, and possibly 11, appear to be competitive.