Mike Hlas

Caitlin Clark left, but Hawkeye fans haven’t. The 14,998 at the Hawkeyes’ 75-69 win over Iowa State were loud and involved Wednesday, and were rewarded for it.

Cyclones and Hawkeyes, who clash Thursday night in Iowa City, have traded routs over the last six years. Even though Iowa State is No. 3 nationally, maybe this year’s meeting will have some late-game fury.

Hawkeyes have opportunity for first win over a Top 3 team in nine years. Cyclones have chance to add another win to support their ranking.

Teams from border states both head to Nashville for a game that doesn’t figure to have a lot of offensive punch. Or punch in general.

A goaltending call with 4.6 seconds left gave the Wolverines the deciding points in this Big Ten clash. Iowa rallied from nine points down with 2:49 left to give itself a shot at a second-straight last-second league win.

Two teams that won their Big Ten-openers Tuesday try to proceed to 2-0 in the conference.

Wolverines have gone from 8-24 last season to 7-1 with some very good wins under new head coach Dusty May, who has a pair of 7-footers playing very well for him.

Playing Arizona State for a Big 12 title and a spot in the College Football Playoff is big fun and excitement. Winning it would take Iowa State to Wonderland.

First meeting between Cyclones and Sun Devils is a big one, for the Big 12 championship. It pits two former youngest FBS coaches in the nation.

In college football, questionable sportsmanship isn’t a question at all when it comes from the opposing team. Because it's horrible. When it’s your guys, though, sometimes it’s really great.

Dix scored 22 points, the last three coming from 30 feet to give Iowa its first win in a Big Ten-opener since 2020.

Big Ten-opener for Hawkeyes. You’ll need Peacock to see it.

Iowa is 0-7 in conference play over the last three seasons. That didn’t derail the Hawkeyes, but it obviously didn’t help.

Hawkeyes were unbeaten against West brothers, thus it earned a third division championship in the last four years. Well, not really, but ...

Iowa State took care of its own business Saturday in Ames with a 29-21 win over Kansas State for a share of first-place in the Big 12 final standings. Then BYU beat Houston, and the Cyclones advanced to the league championship contest on a tiebreaker.