Iowa said goodbye to the AP rankings after suffering a 23-21 upset loss to North Dakota State way back in the third week of the season. They said goodbye to the Coaches Poll rankings after an ugly, thoroughly unimpressive 14-7 win over Rutgers in the fourth week of the season. A loss to Northwestern in week six reinforced that absence and middling results since then did little to get Iowa back onto the rankings radar.

But now the Hawkeyes are back. Riding a three-game winning streak, including wins over two Top 25 teams in Michigan and Nebraska, has gotten Iowa back into consideration for the rankings. Iowa jumped into the AP Poll at #22, just ahead of their most recent conquest, Nebraska. Iowa is ranked #25 in the Coaches Poll, three spots behind Nebraska because... FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, probably.

Beyond that, the rankings are largely identical, minus some jiggling at a few spots here and there. Both polls have identical top fours and largely the same top tens, minus the Michigan/Wisconsin rankings and the USC/Oklahoma State order. Iowa is the fifth-highest ranked Big Ten team in the AP poll and the sixth-highest ranked Big Ten team in the Coaches Poll. We'll have to wait until Tuesday to see if they crack the most recent CFP rankings of the season.

Here are the full rankings: