It was a banner year across the board for Iowa athletics. The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten West division in football and finished with a 10-4 record after Wisconsin entered as the preseason favorite according to the media. In men’s basketball, Iowa won the Big Ten Tournament title and finished 26-10 during a season where the Hawkeyes were picked to finish ninth by the media in the preseason poll.
Sophomore forward Keegan Murray emerged as one of the premiere players in the nation in men’s basketball. Murray finished tops in the country among power-five players, averaging 23.5 points per game. Meanwhile, on the gridiron, quarterbacks Spencer Petras and Alex Padilla combined to send the Hawkeyes into the Big Ten championships game.
As a result, College Football News ranked Iowa No. 6 nationally in its Hoops & Helmets 2022 rankings. The rankings determine who had the best and worst combined years in major college football and basketball.
There’s a case to be made for Iowa to be even…
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