Incentive bonuses in front of Ferentz

IOWA CITY - Some of you are already asking what contract incentives Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz could reach in this season of Iowa being a bug in the eye of some of the College Football Playoff community.

So, here you go

- Highest poll ranking (coaches, AP, whichever is higher in the final poll):

Top 25 - $125,000

Top 20 - $150,000

Top 15 - $175,000

Top 10 - $250,000

Top 5 - $350,000

National championship runner-up - $500,000

National champion - $1 million

- Outright Big Ten title or undefeated conference record: $250,000

Shared Big Ten title - $175,000

Note: Nothing in here on Big Ten West. I don't know if there's a newer version. This was 2010, before the B1G West was born.

- Bowl Championship Series game - $250,000

- Any bowl game - $100,000

Note: Obviously, there's no BCS. I don't know if this is carried over to CFP. I also don't know if New Year's 6 bowl factors. I think this would still be the neighborhood.

- Big Ten coach of the year - $50,000

- National coach of the year - $100,000

Note: The national coach of the year can be any one of the following: AP, AFCA, Walter Camp, FWAA, Bobby Dodd, Bear Bryant, Home Depot/ESPN, George Munder, Football News, CNN/SI (!!!!), The Sporting News, CBS Sportsline.com, ABC sports.com, D.C. Pigskin Club or other nationally elected awards.

- Annual graduation rate over 70 percent - Iowa sent a release last week that said Iowa football's GSR is 71 percent.

- The UI will fund average salary increases for Iowa's nine on-field assistants, head strength and conditioning coach, top assistant strength coach and director of football operations on July 1 of any season with six wins or more, participated in a postseason bowl game, achieved a grad rate of 55 percent or better.

Six wins and bowl participation - 8 percent

Top 25 - additional 2 percent for 10 percent total

Top 20 - additional 1 percent for 11 percent total

Top 15 - additional 1 percent for 12 percent total

Top 10 - additional 2 percent for 14 percent total

Top 5 - additional 2 percent for 16 percent total

National champions - additional 4 percent for 20 percent total

Big Ten championship payouts

Co-champion - half month's salary

Outright - 1 month's salary

Bowl bonuses payouts

Any bowl - 1 month's salary

$3 million bowl - 1.75 month's salary

Rose or other BCS Bowl - 2.5 month's salary

National title game - 3 month's salary

For example: Iowa's coordinators Greg Davis and Phil Parker received raises to $486,039 for an 8 percent increase because of last season's seven wins and TaxSlayer Bowl. Quality control administrator Scott Southmayd also receives bowl bonuses (he's now the head of player of player personnel now, so there's another rewrite to this contract).

Also for assistants, when the Hawkeyes meet the academic and bowl criteria at the top and are selected to play in a bowl with a $1 million payout or great and are ranked in the top 25 in the final polls, a one-time bonus pool will be provided by the UI:

National ranking 25th through 21st - $85,000

National ranking 20th through 16th - $110,000

National ranking 15th through 11th - $175,000

National ranking 10th through 6th - $175,000

National ranking 5th through 1st - $200,000

Note: Ferentz can award this one-time bonus pool to the 9 full-time assistants, director of football ops, head strength and top assistant strength and quality control administrator at his discretion and with the approval of AD Gary Barta.

Head equipment manager and video coordinator also can get a cut of this pool at KF's discretion (3.5 to 4.5 percent). The head trainer and travel coordinator may be eligible for 4 to 8 percent of the above pool.

I think that covers it.

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