Circa Sports unveils Iowa football, Big Ten win totals for 2025 season
Circa Sports unveils Iowa football, Big Ten win totals for 2025 season
Win totals for the 2025 college football season continue to emerge from different sports books across the nation.
On Wednesday, Brett McMurphy with the Action Network shared Circa Sports' Big Ten regular season win totals entering the 2025 season.
The Iowa Hawkeyes have a win total of 7.5 games. Iowa joins Illinois, Nebraska, USC and Washington with that 7.5 win total figure. Excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Iowa has eclipsed the 7.5 win total in eight of the past 11 full regular seasons. That includes each of the last two seasons and five of the past six full regular seasons.
Defending national champion Ohio State and reigning Big Ten champion Oregon share identical win totals of 10.5 to lead the conference. Penn State has a win total of 10, while Michigan and Indiana each have win totals of 8.5.
Iowa opens its 2025 season by hosting Albany on Aug. 30. Then, Iowa travels to Iowa State on Sept. 6 for the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series and hosts Massachusetts on Sept. 13 to wrap up nonconference play.
The Hawkeyes begin Big Ten play with a road trip to Piscataway, New Jersey, to battle Rutgers on Sept. 20. Iowa returns home to host Indiana on Sept. 27. Then, after a bye week, Iowa travels to Madison to meet rival Wisconsin on Oct. 11.
After meeting the Badgers, the Hawkeyes will enjoy a month-long stretch at home that includes a trio of dates against Penn State, Minnesota and Oregon. Iowa has a second bye week in its schedule ahead of the contest versus the Ducks.
Iowa then closes with a trip to USC on Nov. 15, Senior Day in Iowa City against Michigan State on Nov. 22 and a final road trip to Lincoln to take on Nebraska.
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