Iowa Football

The Iowa Hawkeyes get a late touchdown and beat Illinois, 15-13, Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium to clinch the Big Ten Conference West Division championship.

After looking like the division favorites earlier in the season — and then not, and then favorites again — 16th-ranked Iowa clinched the outright Big Ten West title and a Big Ten championship game berth with its 15-13 win over Illinois at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday.

Follow live updates as the 16th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes host the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium. A win clinches the Big Ten West Division title outright for Iowa.

Iowa football will again be without offensive lineman Beau Stephens and wide receiver Diante Vines on Saturday as it takes on Illinois.

No. 16 Iowa can clinch a spot in the Big Ten championship game if it beats Illinois in its 2023 home finale Saturday at Kinnick Stadium. Here’s what you need to know.

Beat Illinois Saturday at Kinnick, and the Hawkeyes can start wearing and selling Big Ten West championship garb. There’s a meaningful trophy, too.

The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panel has score predictions for three games every week during the college football season, including the Iowa and Iowa State games. Here are the picks for Saturday, Nov. 18.

Former Cedar Rapids Xavier standout Quinn Schulte has been a key part of why Iowa’s defense has been so successful.

All Iowa football conversations this week start with Cooper DeJean’s season-ending injury. That’s how this episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast begins with HawkeyeReport.com’s Tom Kakert before moving into how Iowa put itself in position to win the Big Ten West and an early look at its offseason roster questions.

Illinois senior defensive tackle Jer’Zhan Newton is one of seven finalists for the 2023 Outland Trophy. He could have entered the NFL Draft after last season but chose to return to college and is now a projected first-round pick.

Versatile Rayce Heitman has scored 18 touchdowns — rushing, receiving, defensively and on special teams. Williamsburg takes on Sioux City Heelan in Friday’s Class 3A state football championship game.

Iowa will face a test this weekend against Illinois as the secondary grapples with the loss of Cooper DeJean. Here are three keys for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa’s 5.2 yards per play against Rutgers was its best for a Big Ten game this season. The significant offensive improvement prompts the question of whether it marks a turning point or solely a mirage.

Illinois-Iowa Fun Facts: The Hawkeyes’ defense is No. 1 nationally in multiple categories. The Illini’s offense put up 662 yards in its last game.

Iowa will be without Cooper DeJean for the rest of the season after he suffered a lower-leg injury in practice.

But the University of Iowa is the only state campus where tuition income beat expectations in fiscal 2023.

Iowa football is on the rise in the College Football Playoff rankings.

The Iowa career of “one of the all-time great players” at the punter position is nearing an end. Saturday will be Tory Taylor’s last home game as a Hawkeye.

Joe Evans told reporters about what he considers the biggest accomplishment of his Iowa football career, plus the steps he took to go from walk-on to starting defensive end.