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Undefeated Iowa wants you to know it's for real

Nov 2 2009, 4:56 PM

It's become highly popular to discredit what Iowa has done en route to its perfect 9-0 clip this season. No matter how ugly some of the wins have been, however, there's no downplaying the quality of the Hawkeyes' resume.

To that point, our friends at HawkeyeSports.com sent out an email Monday that broke down just how impressive Iowa's season has been.

Here's the site's breakdown of how Iowa's resume stacks up against the four teams directly behind it in the BCS Standings:

Number of opponents defeated that currently have winning records:
1. Iowa                6
2. Cincinnati        4
     TCU                4
4. Oregon            3
5. Boise State      2

Total won-lost records (and winning %) of defeated opponents:
1. Iowa                44-31     .586
2. Oregon            29-28     .508
3. TCU                34-33     .507
4. Cincinnati        30-36     .454
5. Boise State     27-37     .421

Total won-lost records of opponents defeated in their home stadiums (i.e. road wins)
1. Iowa               23-12      .657
2. TCU               19-14      .575
3. Cincinnati       21-20      .512
4. Boise State    14-18      .437
5. Oregon            6-10      .375

Number of defeated opponents ranked in current BCS Top 25:
1. Iowa                3 (Penn State, Arizona, Wisconsin)
    Oregon             3 (USC, Utah, California)
3. Boise State      1 (Oregon)
4. Cincinnati         1 (South Florida)
5. TCU                 0

Won-lost records of remaining teams left on schedule:
1. Iowa                 17-10    .629
2. Oregon             19-12    .612
3. Cincinnnati        19-13    .593
4. Boise State       20-22    .476
5. TCU                  15-17    .468

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