10-1 record and the sole owner of the conference championship and Rose Bowl. Led by quarterback Ronnie Harmon. Ranked #9 by UPI and No 10 by AP.

Ranked #10 by AP and CNN/USA Today. Coached by Hayden Fry to the Rose Bowl.

Finished the season ranked #8 by AP and ESPN/USA Today. Brad Banks finishes 2nd in the Heisman voting. Shared the Big Ten championship with Ohio State at a first ever 8-0.

8-1-1 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten Conference. Coached by Forest Evashevski. Named National Champion by the Football Writers Association of America. Finished ranked #2 in the AP and UPI polls, the highest in school history. Randy Duncan finishes 2nd in the Heisman voting.

Ranked #5 by UPI and #6 by AP. Lineman Alex Karras was a runner-up for the Heisman award.

Ranked #2 by UPI and #3 by AP.

16-2-1 in 1956 and 1957. First team to win the Big Ten Conference championship in 34 years. Rose Bowl victory was their first postseason trip and win in school history. Ranked #3 by both wire services. Coach Evashevski last season as a head coach.

Ranked #9 by both wire services. Nile Kinnick wins the Heisman, the only Iowa player to do so.

Bob Commings last year. The Hayden Fry experience is about to begin and the revival of iowa football.