It's been quite the turnaround of late for the 2022 Iowa Hawkeye football program. On Saturday, the team hung tough against a good Minnesota team, and ultimately picked up the 13-10 victory.
Since joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2008, the South Dakota State Jackrabbit football program has had a ton of success. One small thing that was missing from that success was an outright conference title.
Augustana and University of Sioux Falls both picked up wins to wrap up the regular season on Saturday, but the late 3-game losing skids for each program were too much to overcome.
It's been a rough stretch to say the least for both the University of Sioux Falls and Augustana Football programs. After both teams started with sterling records of 4-0 when they meet for the Key to the City game, both are now in the midst of 3-game losing streaks.
It was a tough weekend for Sioux Falls football fans. Not only did Augustana and USF lose last week, but they both fell in their contests on Saturday as well.
No matter which way you slice it, it's been a disappointing 2022 season for Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Although they are technically still alive in the race for the Big Ten West, many Hawkeye fans are already looking forward to next season.
Both the University of Sioux Falls and Augustana Football teams had close calls over the weekend, but after enduring some adversity to achieve wins, both have risen in the latest rankings.
It's not often that you get matchups of #1 vs. #2 teams in College Football. It's rare enough that Saturday's game is in fact just the second ever regular season matchup of top two teams in FCS history.
College Football non-conference scheduling is done years and sometimes a decade or more in advance, and the Minnesota Golden Gopher Football program has added two marquee matchups to the next decade's schedule.