Taking a Saturday off was all it took for Iowa’s football team to move up four spots in the Associated Press and Amway Coiaches polls.
The 3-0 Hawkeyes rose to 14th in Sunday’s rankings thanks to others falling on Saturday. Iowa climbed ahead of weekend losers Michigan, Texas A&M, Utah and UCF.
The ranking is Iowa’s highest since the second week of the 2016 season.
The Hawkeyes play Middle Tennessee (1-2) Saturday at 11 a.m. in Iowa City.
AP TOP 25
1. Clemson (4-0)
2. Alabama (4-0)
3. Georgia (4-0)
4. LSU (4-0)
5. Ohio State (4-0)
6. Oklahoma (3-0)
7. Auburn (4-0)
8. Wisconsin (3-0)
9. Florida (4-0)
10. Notre Dame (2-1)
11. Texas (3-1)
12. Penn State (3-0)
13. Oregon (3-1)
14. Iowa (3-0)
15. California (4-0)
16. Boise State (4-0)
17. Washington (3-1)
18. Virginia (4-0)
19. Utah (3-1)
20. Michigan (2-1)
21. USC (3-1)
22. UCF (3-1)
23. Texas A&M (2-2)
24. Kansas State (3-0)
25. Michigan State (3-1)
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