Kirk Ferentz comments on 2026 Iowa football schedule

The Iowa Hawkeyes 2026 schedule is one that features some extremely intriguing matchups early in the year and some stretches of games that will show who this team truly is very early on. That said, we have found out that the names of teams can be much different than the on-field product, especially in today's era of college football. In classic Kirk Ferentz fashion, he dismissed any idea of looking too far ahead and remains focused on Iowa being the best it can be and letting things work themselves out.

"Full disclosure, I didn't know who we were playing because I really don't care. I figured we were going to be playing good teams. That's one thing about being in our conference.

"Whenever it came out, I did look at it. It is what it is. I mean, couple things again, nobody knows -- all of the odds are all three of those teams will be pretty good teams when we are playing them.

But nobody knows who is going to be what. "I guess, to me, the moral of the story, if I've learned one thing, it's more important to worry about us. So when we do get there, whatever part of the season that is, we're going to be ready to play and take on a good opponent.