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Iowa: The 28th-ranked college football team of the 2010s
Sep. 22, 2012 8:45 am
This is a little morsel to get this Game Day going.
We're two years and three games into the 2010s as far as college football is concerned.
Although Iowa's record in the decade is a none-too-amazing 17-12, the Hawkeyes have had the 28th-most votes in Associated Press football polls since the start of the 2010 season. Looking at the teams immediately behind Iowa, it appears like it will stay in 28th for a while.
The Hawkeyes got those points in 2010. They were ranked 9th in the preseason, were 9th in the first two polls after that, and stayed in the Top 25 until the Nov. 28 poll. Iowa has not been ranked since.
The following charts are from the good people at collegepollarchive.com
Total Points in the AP Poll : 2010s
RK
Team
Points
Behind*
1.
Alabama
46,973
2.
Oregon
44,049
2,924
3.
LSU
42,632
1,417
4.
Boise State
40,120
2,512
5.
Oklahoma
38,726
1,394
6.
Stanford
34,472
4,254
7.
Wisconsin
31,806
2,666
8.
Arkansas
29,101
2,705
9.
Oklahoma State
27,166
1,935
10.
TCU
27,096
70
11.
Nebraska
26,366
730
12.
South Carolina
23,758
2,608
13.
Ohio State
23,677
81
14.
Michigan State
21,883
1,794
15.
Virginia Tech
20,628
1,255
16.
Auburn
19,448
1,180
17.
USC
14,550
4,898
18.
Florida State
14,150
400
19.
Clemson
13,177
973
20.
Michigan
11,323
1,854
21.
Florida
11,139
184
22.
West Virginia
10,623
516
23.
Texas
10,571
52
24.
Georgia
10,414
157
25.
Kansas State
9,173
1,241
26.
Utah
9,071
102
27.
Texas A&M
9,006
65
28.
Iowa
8,487
519
29.
Missouri
6,865
1,622
30.
Arizona
6,334
531
31.
Houston
6,192
142
32.
Baylor
4,987
1,205
33.
Miami (FL)
4,452
535
34.
Nevada
4,392
60
35.
Penn State
4,101
291
36.
Georgia Tech
3,759
342
37.
Mississippi State
3,726
33
38.
Notre Dame
2,140
1,586
39.
Arizona State
1,857
283
40.
South Florida
1,653
204
41.
Illinois
1,514
139
42.
Southern Miss
1,236
278
43.
Louisville
977
259
44.
UCLA
679
298
45.
NC State
636
43
46.
Oregon State
534
102
47.
Pittsburgh
516
18
48.
Cincinnati
508
8
49.
North Carolina
397
111
50.
Texas Tech
350
47
Iowa's rank in the 2000s was 23rd. I thought it would be higher, but the seasons were either feast or famine when it came to being ranked. Iowa was a mainstay in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2009. Other years, not so much.
Total Points in the AP Poll : 2000s
Iowa was 30th in the 1990s, 23rd in the 1980s, 20th in the 1960s, 13th in the 1950s. It never got a single vote in the 1970s, understandable since it didn't have a winning season that entire decade.
RK
Team
Points
Behind*
1.
Texas
203,252
2.
Oklahoma
194,763
8,489
3.
USC
177,735
17,028
4.
Florida
172,831
4,904
5.
Ohio State
168,846
3,985
6.
Miami (FL)
157,609
11,237
7.
Virginia Tech
141,769
15,840
8.
LSU
140,895
874
9.
Georgia
138,987
1,908
10.
Michigan
117,006
21,981
11.
Florida State
113,408
3,598
12.
Oregon
96,714
16,694
13.
Tennessee
95,259
1,455
14.
Nebraska
77,251
18,008
15.
Alabama
74,467
2,784
16.
Auburn
73,012
1,455
17.
West Virginia
64,687
8,325
18.
Notre Dame
64,522
165
19.
Penn State
60,793
3,729
20.
Wisconsin
55,452
5,341
21.
Boise State
55,027
425
22.
TCU
53,167
1,860
23.
Iowa
52,097
1,070
24.
Kansas State
51,346
751
25.
California
50,437
909
26.
Louisville
44,771
5,666
27.
Washington
44,575
196
28.
Washington State
41,359
3,216
29.
Clemson
36,831
4,528
30.
Utah
35,727
1,104
31.
Georgia Tech
34,556
1,171
32.
Missouri
33,237
1,319
33.
Purdue
32,886
351
34.
BYU
32,754
132
35.
UCLA
30,901
1,853
36.
Texas Tech
30,308
593
37.
Boston College
27,722
2,586
38.
Oklahoma State
25,846
1,876
39.
Arizona State
23,911
1,935
40.
South Carolina
23,310
601
41.
Cincinnati
22,046
1,264
42.
Colorado
20,983
1,063
43.
Pittsburgh
20,470
513
44.
Kansas
19,204
1,266
45.
Maryland
19,081
123
46.
Oregon State
18,833
248
47.
Virginia
16,940
1,893
48.
Arkansas
16,737
203
49.
Illinois
15,890
847
50.
Michigan State
14,790
1,100
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