It wasn’t pretty on the field, but, at the end of the day, the Iowa Hawkeyes moved to 6-1 after taking down the Wisconsin Badgers and the only thing that needs to be pretty is the number in the win column. It was another trophy win with the Hawkeyes taking home the Heartland Trophy.
Iowa sits at 6-1, bowl-eligible, and in control of the Big Ten West. They are 3-1 in Big Ten play and keep finding ways to win games despite every statistic saying that they shouldn’t.
The Hawkeyes are the only team in the Big Ten West without two losses with five games to go. Winning the West runs through Iowa City, but there is a lot of football left.
Iowa needs to check in on some things from this one, make adjustments, and continue improving if they want to win the rest of the way. Here is how each unit graded out in the classic defense and special teams win over the Badgers.