Iowa 5th in Big Ten media preseason football poll, but has schedule others may envy

Of top seven teams in media poll, Hawkeyes are the only team to face just two of the other six Having what is presumed to be an easier schedule than most can be a deceiving thing in college football, but Iowa has to like what it’s been handed in the first year of an 18-team Big Ten. First, let that sink in a bit. An 18-team Big Ten, with no divisions. It’s like European soccer, minus the relegation but with a bowl game in Detroit for the team that finishes...