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| Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #47 | +0.04 | SOS Played | +0.04 | #48 |
| #33 | +0.14 | SOS Remaining | +0.20 | #16 |
| Offense | ||||
| #59 | +0.01 | Adj. EPA / Play | +0.13 | #30 |
| #88 | +0.09 | EPA / Play | +0.20 | #39 |
| #73 | 5.8 | Yards / Play | 6.5 | #32 |
| #66 | 42.3% | Success Rate | 48.7% | #18 |
| Defense · allowed | ||||
| #56 | -0.04 | Adj. EPA / Play | +0.26 | #137 |
| #60 | +0.10 | EPA / Play | +0.38 | #134 |
| #19 | 5.1 | Yards / Play | 6.7 | #110 |
| #25 | 37.5% | Success Rate | 49.7% | #125 |
| Success rate: Bill Connelly. Adjusted EPA: a port of sportsdataverse-py. EPA and plays: CollegeFootballData.com. Methods | ||||
 IOWA Offense | vs |  ILL Defense | ||
| #74 | +0.13 | EPA / Pass | +0.53 | #137 |
| #92 | +0.05 | EPA / Rush | +0.25 | #121 |
| #72 | 45.5% | Available Yards % | 59.8% | #132 |
| #36 | Own 31 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 31 | #96 |
| #67 | +0.07 | Early Downs EPA | +0.30 | #135 |
| T-#94 | 37.3% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 55.7% | T-#134 |
| #34 | 6.4 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 5.8 | #133 |
| IOWA Defense | vs | ILL Offense | ||
| #119 | +0.35 | EPA / Pass | +0.27 | #35 |
| #3 | -0.17 | EPA / Rush | +0.13 | #61 |
| #16 | 34.5% | Available Yards % | 61.6% | #7 |
| #3 | Own 24 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 28 | #87 |
| #56 | +0.04 | Early Downs EPA | +0.27 | #11 |
| T-#51 | 38.5% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 44.1% | #52 |
| #41 | 7.5 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 5.6 | #7 |
| Negative Plays · committedper game | ||||
| T-#12 | 0.8 | Sacks Taken | 0.8 | T-#12 |
| T-#29 | 0.4 | INTs Thrown | 0.6 | T-#58 |
| T-#15 | 0.2 | Fumbles Lost | 0.0 | T-#1 |
| T-#15 | 0.6 | Turnovers | 0.6 | T-#15 |
| T-#45 | 6.0 | Penalties | 4.0 | #5 |
| #36 | 47.4 | Penalty Yards | 37.8 | #12 |
| Negative Plays · forcedper game | ||||
| T-#8 | 3.4 | Sacks | 0.8 | T-#125 |
| T-#94 | 0.4 | INTs | 0.2 | T-#122 |
| T-#112 | 0.2 | Fumbles Recovered | 0.2 | T-#112 |
| T-#122 | 0.6 | Takeaways | 0.4 | T-#132 |
| T-#40 | 7.4 | Penalties Drawn | 8.6 | T-#12 |
| #71 | 56.0 | Penalty Yds Drawn | 74.4 | T-#18 |
| Record | ||||
| T-#22 | 4-2 | Current Year ATS (2026) | 2-4 | T-#106 |
| Coaching | ||||
| Kirk Ferentz | Head Coach | Bret Bielema | ||
| #1 | 28 | Seasons at School | 6 | T-#21 |
| #39 | 213-128 | Career Record | 134-84 | #42 |
| Situation | ||||
| 7 days | Rest | 7 days | ||
| 204 mi | Travel | Home | ||
| Jeremy Hecklinski | QB | Katin Houser | ||
| #108 | +0.16 | EPA / Att | +0.35 | #50 |
| #31 | 51.0% | Success Rate | 54.1% | #16 |
| #127 | 1.27 | Explosiveness | 1.44 | #97 |
| #11 | 1.9% | Sack Rate | 3.1% | #31 |
| #3 | +0.82 | Rush EPA | +0.59 | #12 |
| Last 8 · EPA / Att | ||||
| Game Breakers | ||||
| #12TE | DJ Vonnahme+21.0 | Playmaker · PPA | Collin Dixon+59.4 | #3WR |
| 95.1thRB | Kamari Moulton+20.2 | Playmaker · PPA | Hudson Clement+22.1 | 92.6thWR |
| 96.9thDB | Deshaun Lee+10.2 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Ismael Kante+8.4 | 95.9thLB |
| 92.3thDB | Jacob Wallace+6.6 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Matthew Bailey+5.8 | 88.6thDB |
| Recruiting | ||||
| T-#37 | 0 | 5★ Players | 0 | T-#37 |
| T-#38 | 17 | 4★ Players | 9 | T-#60 |
| T-#40 | 63 | 3★ Players | 73 | T-#10 |
| Transfers | ||||
5 in · 3 out | OFF Transfers | 8 in · 11 out | ||
8 in · 4 out | DEF Transfers | 10 in · 15 out | ||
| 34% | OFF Returning | 21% | ||
| 28% | DEF Returning | 30% | ||