How America is predicting the Illinois-Iowa game

When I look for picks of these games, there are some old reliables.

They're the people who pick all Big Ten games every week, the ESPN.com Big Ten guys, the Big Ten Network people.

But when you're ranked or you're playing a ranked team, all sorts of people pick your games. That hasn't happened with Iowa games this season. It hasn't been ranked, it hasn't played a ranked outfit. That changes next week. Finally.

By the way, no one anywhere on Planet Earth had a prediction for last week's Iowa-Minnesota game that resembled the final score of Gophers 51, Hawkeyes 14.

Tom Dienhart, BTN.com: Illinois 28, Iowa 27

Brent Yarina, BTN.com: Iowa 27, Illinois 24

Ryan Dunleavy, MyCentralJersey.com: Iowa 31, Illinois 14

Mitch Sherman, ESPN.com: Illinois 31, Iowa 21

Austin Ward, ESPN.com: Iowa 31, Illinois 20

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com: Illinois to win

Rob Howe, HawkeyeInsider.com: Iowa 31, Illinois 17

Matt Daniels, Champaign News-Gazette: Iowa 27, Illinois 22

J.J. Wilson, Springfield State Journal-Register: Iowa 38, Illinois 28

Three Mlive.com panelists: Iowa 23, Illinois 20; Iowa 14, Illinois 6; Illinois 24, Iowa 23

Marcus R. Fuller, St. Paul Pioneer Dispatch: Iowa 31, Illinois 28

Adam Jacobi, Black Heart Gold Pants: Iowa 31, Illinois 16

The Champaign Room: Four panelists picked Iowa, three took Illinois

Marc Morehouse, Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa 31, Illinois 21