Iowa football finishes with highest Coaches Poll ranking since 2020
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With the 2025-26 college football season officially over following the Indiana Hoosiers' thrilling 27-21 win over the Miami Hurricanes in the CFP National Championship Game on Monday, the final edition of the US LBM Coaches Poll has Iowa football (9-4, 6-3 Big Ten) rightfully moving up amongst the top programs in the nation.
As a result of Iowa's 34-27 win over then-No. 12 Vanderbilt (10-3, 6-2 SEC) in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Dec. 31, the Hawkeyes climbed to No. 17 in the final Coaches Poll.
It's Iowa's highest finish since the Hawkeyes ended the 2020 season ranked No. 15.
Regarding the Big Ten's representation, the conference is led by newly-crowned CFP national champion and undefeated Indiana at No. 1, followed by No. 4 Oregon, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 21 USC, No. 22 Michigan and No. 25 Illinois. Washington (92 votes) is the lone conference member to reside in the receiving votes category.
As the Hawkeyes' victory in their postseason bowl game earned them well-deserved respect heading into the offseason, here is a look at the full US LBM College Football Coaches Poll:Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo 1 Indiana 16-0 1550 62 1 - 1/21 2 Miami (FL) 13-3 1485 0 10 +8 2/18 3 Ole Miss 13-2 1400 0 6 +3 3/15 4 Oregon 13-2 1349 0 5 +1 2/9 5 Georgia 12-2 1269 0 2 -3 2/10 6 Ohio State 12-2 1265 0 3 -3 1/6 7 Texas Tech 12-2 1142 0 4 -3 4/24 8 Texas A&M 11-2 1091 0 7 -1 3/22 9 Alabama 11-4 1050 0 11 +2 4/20 10 Oklahoma 10-3 946 0 8 -2 6/NR 11 Notre Dame 10-2 901 0 9 -2 5/21 12 BYU 12-2 868 0 13 +1 8/NR 13 Texas 10-3 840 0 14 +1 1/19 14 Utah 11-2 772 0 15 +1 14/NR 15 Vanderbilt 10-3 602 0 12 -3 11/NR 16 Virginia 11-3 567 0 21 +5 11/NR 17 Iowa 9-4 410 0 NR +9 17/NR 18 Tulane 11-3 369 0 18 - 18/NR 19 Houston 10-3 349 0 24 +5 19/NR 20 James Madison 12-2 342 0 19 -1 19/NR 21 USC 9-4 309 0 16 -5 16/NR 22 Michigan 9-4 276 0 17 -5 13/NR 23 Navy 11-2 164 0 25 +2 23/NR 24 Georgia Tech 9-4 126 0 22 -2 7/NR 25 Illinois 9-4 123 0 NR +7 8/NR
Schools Dropped Out
No. 20 Arizona; No. 23 Tennessee;
Others Receiving Votes
North Texas 107; Washington 92; SMU 89; Duke 82; Arizona 79; TCU 72; Tennessee 22; Louisville 13; Wake Forest 6; Old Dominion 6; Western Michigan 5; Connecticut 4; Missouri 3; Boise State 2; Pittsburgh 1; East Carolina 1; Army West Point 1;
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