Iowa·Big Ten

2015 — The Top-10 Year

Iowa finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season Lost the Rose Bowl
AP final #6 post-bowls
SP+ +3.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Illi Sta 31-14 W @ Iowa St 31-17 W vs Pittsb 27-24 W vs Nort Tex 62-16 W @ Wiscon 10-6 W vs Illinois 29-20 W @ Northw 40-10 W vs Maryland 31-15 W @ Indiana 35-27 W vs Minnes 40-35 W vs Purdue 40-20 W @ Nebraska 28-20 L vs Mich St 13-16 L vs Stanford 16-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Iowa 62, North Texas 16. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Iowa 16, Stanford 45. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Iowa fell to Stanford 16-45 in the postseason.

"Punt was great"
— Iowa fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Iowa — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.