# Iowa Hawkeyes

Big Ten · Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA
Head coach: Kirk Ferentz · year 27 · 212-118 career over 27 seasons, all at IOWA
Offense: Multiple · Defense: 4-2-5

## 2026 outlook

- 2025 record: 9-4 (6-3 in conference), final AP rank #17
- National title odds: +17500 (#27 on the futures board)
- Season win total: 7.5 (over priced -128)
- Returning starter games: 47%
- Schedule difficulty: 38th-hardest of 138 FBS teams

## Returning production by unit

| Unit | Returning games | Games back | Depth back |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skill offense | 47% | 31/66 | 8/16 |
| Offensive line | 100% | 63/63 | 9/10 |
| Defensive front | 14% | 13/90 | 10/21 |
| Secondary | 40% | 25/62 | 6/11 |

## Roster movement

- Key returning: Zach Lutmer (DB), Deshaun Lee (DB), Trevor Lauck (OL), Kade Pieper (OL), Kamari Moulton (RB)
- Key departures (with destination): Mark Gronowski (QB), Ethan Hurkett (DL), Max Llewellyn (DE), Karson Sharar (LB), TJ Hall (CB)
- Key arrivals (with previous school): Trent Wilson (OL) – JMU, Tyler Brown (DB) – JMU, Lance Ingold (DL) – NIU

## Depth chart

### Offense

- WR-X: Reece Vander Zee, Dayton Howard
- WR-Z: Tony Diaz, Jarriett Buie
- WR-SL: Evan James, KJ Parker
- LT: Trevor Lauck, Will Nolan
- LG: Leighton Jones, Cael Winter
- C: Kade Pieper, Michael Myslinski
- RG: Trent Wilson, Lucas Allgeyer
- RT: Jack Dotzler, Cannon Leonard
- TE: DJ Vonnahme, Addison Ostrenga, Zach Ortwerth
- QB: Jeremy Hecklinski, Hank Brown, Jimmy Sullivan
- RB: Kamari Moulton, L.J. Phillips Jr., Xavier Williams

### Defense

- LDE: Kenneth Merrieweather, Joseph Anderson, Lance Ingold
- LDT: Brice Stevenson, Will Hubert, Luke Gaffney
- RDT: Bryce Hawthorne, Emmanuel Olagbaju, Devan Kennedy
- RDE: Iose Epenesa, Kahmari Brown
- WLB: Landyn Van Kekerix, Derek Weisskopf
- MLB: Jayden Montgomery, Cam Buffington
- CASH: Zach Lutmer, Preston Ries
- LCB: Jaylen Watson, Rashad Godfrey Jr.
- SS: Anthony Hawkins, Ty Hudkins
- FS: Tyler Brown, Xavier Styles, Cody Haddad
- RCB: Deshaun Lee, Jacob Wallace, Alex Mota

### Special Teams

- PT: Tanner Philpott, Boston Everitt
- PK: Eli Ozick, Caden Buhr
- KO: Eli Ozick, Caden Buhr
- LS: Ike Speltz
- H: Tanner Philpott, Boston Everitt
- PR: Zach Lutmer
- KR: Brevin Doll

## 2026 schedule

| Week | Opponent | Site | TV | Spread |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | Home | BTN | IOWA -31.5 |
| 2 | Iowa State | Home | NBC/Peacock | IOWA -13.5 |
| 3 | Northern Iowa Panthers (FCS) | Home | Fox Sports 1 | – |
| 4 | Michigan | Away | – | – |
| 5 | Ohio State | Home | – | – |
| 6 | Washington | Away | Fox Networks | – |
| 8 | Minnesota | Away | – | – |
| 9 | Wisconsin | Home | – | – |
| 10 | Northwestern | Away | – | – |
| 11 | Purdue | Home | – | – |
| 12 | Illinois | Away | – | – |
| 13 | Nebraska | Home | CBS | – |

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/teams/iowa
Depth chart updated 2026-08-11. Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.