2025 Iowa Soccer Predictions: Hawkeyes Ranked twenty ninth in RJ Younger’s Final 136

This is not your common faculty soccer rating.

My Final 136 is a set of rankings that’s fluid, nevertheless it’s my job to look forward and make a declare for all FBS groups based mostly on what I do know and why I do know it. Listed here are the three urgent questions I began by asking when placing collectively this checklist:

Who do I believe is nice?Why do I believe they’re good?What are the probabilities they may end above or beneath my expectations?

Here’s a take a look at the place Iowa lands in my Final 136.

Iowa rating: 29Last 12 months’s rating: 24 Prime participant: DL Aaron Graves: Named to the Lott Trophy preseason award watch checklist, began all 13 video games final season and completed with 6 sacks, 8 tackles for loss and three compelled fumbles.

[Iowa’s 2025 schedule]

RJ’s take: The addition of former South Dakota State All-American quarterback and nationwide championship QB Mark Gronowski is the most effective recruit Kirk Ferentz has ever had on the place. Gronowski has handed for over 10,000 yards, received the Walter Payton Award — finest offensive participant within the FCS — and is 49-6 as a starter.

Hawkeyes followers have ached for a practical passing offense for almost a decade, they usually received a style of that final 12 months earlier than Cade McNamara went down with damage. This 12 months they’ll get a QB who is not only a succesful passer however a runner to pair with Phil Parker’s yearly robust protection.

[Check out RJ Young’s Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here]

Iowa Win Complete Odds: Over 7.5 (+136) Below 7.5 (-168)

Have a problem with my rankings? Suppose your alma mater is simply too low, or your college’s rival is simply too excessive? Get at me on X, @RJ_Young, and I will choose my favourite tweets and reply to them in a future article.

RJ Younger is a nationwide faculty soccer author and analyst for FOX Sports activities. Comply with him at @RJ_Young.

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