The Iowa Hawkeyes will play an FCS opponent, Illinois State, in their 2024 season opener on August 31. For the full Iowa schedule, see below.

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2024 Iowa Game and TV Schedule

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Iowa 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (82), the Hawkeyes have the 13th-hardest schedule in college football.
• Based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (75), Iowa has the 28th-ranked schedule in college football.
• The Hawkeyes are facing the 17th-hardest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Iowa’s schedule includes eight games against teams with winning records in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more wins and zero against squads that collected three or fewer wins).
• The Hawkeyes have nine teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Iowa Stat Insights (2023)

• The Hawkeyes owned the seventh-best defense last season in terms of total yards (282.5 yards allowed per game), but they ranked worst offensively (234.6 yards per game).
• While Iowa ranked second-worst in FBS in scoring offense with 15.4 points per game last season, it was a different story on the other side of the ball, as it ranked fourth-best (14.8 points per game allowed).
• The Hawkeyes owned the sixth-best pass defense last season (170.7 passing yards allowed per game), but they ranked fourth-worst on the offensive side of the ball (118.6 passing yards per game).
• While Iowa ranked 25th-worst in FBS in rushing offense with 115.9 rushing yards per game, it was a different situation on defense, as it ranked 17th-best (111.8 rushing yards per game allowed).
• While the Hawkeyes ranked fifth-worst in FBS in third-down percentage at 29.4% last season, it was a different situation defensively, as they ranked 15th-best (31.3% third-down conversion rate allowed).
• Iowa owned the 16th-worst turnover margin in college football last season at -7, forcing 15 turnovers (99th in FBS) while turning it over 22 times (112th in FBS).

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