The Iowa Hawkeyes sit at 8-2, have clinched at least a share of the Big Ten West, and are one win away from making a trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship.
Iowa’s dominant 22-0 victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights was their finest performance on the season as everything was working for the Hawkeyes. The offense went over 400 yards for the first time in the past 32 games, the defense held Rutgers to 127 yards, and everything seemed to break the right way.
In front of a sold-out crowd inside Kinnick Stadium—one that was rocking all day, causing more than a handful of pre-snap penalties by the usually disciplined Scarlet Knights—the Hawkeyes put on a show to remember and one that may signify things are clicking at the right time despite all of the reasons it could fail.
With an 8-2 record and a commanding lead on the Big Ten West with two weeks to go, here are the grades of each unit’s performance that helped contribute to Iowa’s strongest showing yet.