Iowa Hawkeyes Sports

Penn State is a popular pick to win the conference. Oregon won it last year and says it wants to “Double down.” Indiana, so good last year, has plenty of talent in 2025.

Stuelke not only made the team, she shined in a reserve forward/center role as Team USA — which included Iowa State rising junior Audi Crooks and fellow Big Ten players Gianna Kneepkens (UCLA), Kennedy Smith (Southern California) and Grace VanSlooten (Michigan State) — won all seven games to earn the gold medal.

Iowa clearly has held the upper hand in its annual rivalry against Nebraska, but the Huskers have showed steady improvement in recent seasons.

Iowa offensive lineman Kade Pieper won his second-straight Beef Days Hay Bale Toss, but as always, a good time was had by all.

USC does not have the same level of preseason hype after disappointing 2023 and 2024 seasons. The Trojans have a passing attack, though, that could be a big test for Phil Parker’s secondary in 2025.

Kaleb Johnson became an All-American and a NFL draft pick after a stellar season rushing the football for the 2024 Iowa Hawkeyes. How will Iowa replace his sizable chunk of yardage? Carefully, and probably with multiple guys.

The reigning Big Ten champions will come to Kinnick Stadium in 2025 with a relatively young group. Here’s what that could mean for Iowa in its Week 10 matchup.

University of Iowa pitcher Cade Obermueller was taken by the Texas Rangers in the 19th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft, but bet on himself that he’d perform well enough to improve his stock for 2025, not signing. He was correct, as the Philadelphia Phillies took him Sunday night in the second round.