They're #22 in the BCS and tied for 2nd in the Pac-10 after beating decent Oregon State(on the road) and Stanford teams. Their other loss is on the road to decent Washington on a pick-6. They aren't Texas, but it's a perfectly good non-con win. It's possible that they could finish with 7-8 wins too. Which isn't too bad. A top ten team should be able to beat that sort of team convincingly and Iowa did that. Wisconsin probably finishes with 9-10 wins if they beat who they are supposed to and Penn State probably do the same and Michigan is pretty similar to Arizona in my opinion. I know people look at the UNI game (and they should, it's a part of the schedule) and the Arkansas State game and discount Iowa but they have some pretty good darned good wins and they deserve to be in the top ten. If they deserve to be there in the end it will show in their final record. Maybe you are right and Im putting too much stock into the UNI game and the Arkansas St game. I just have a hard time believing a top 10 team in the country sneaks by twice against teams like that, at home. Maybe its a really down year in college football(which I think it is) but those 2 games to me just keep flashing in my head, and makes me lessen Iowa as a team. Like you said if they get by the rest of the schedule unscathed, then they will deserve to be there.