IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team released its complete 2025-26 schedule on Thursday.  The Hawkeyes’ 20-game Big Ten slate was released live on BTN.

SCHEDULE NOTES

• The Hawkeyes will play their first five games at home, beginning with the Nov. 4 opener against Robert Morris. Iowa will host Big East foe Xavier on Nov. 14 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
• Iowa will play in the Acrisure Classic in Palm Springs, California, on Nov. 25-26, facing Ole Miss and either Grand Canyon or Utah.
• The Hawkeyes will also play a neutral site game against Bucknell at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines on Dec. 20.
• Iowa will play a total of 17 home games inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
• The Hawkeyes open Big Ten Conference play at Michigan State on Dec. 2 before hosting Maryland on Dec. 6 for the early portion of the league schedule.
• Iowa will travel to Ames on Dec. 11 for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup against Iowa State.
• Iowa will play back-to-back conference road games twice during the regular season – at Purdue (Jan. 14) and at Indiana (Jan. 17) and at Oregon (Feb. 1) and at Washington (Feb. 4).
• Conversely, Iowa will play back-to-back conference home games twice during the regular season — Rutgers (Jan. 20) ahd USC (Jan. 28) and Purdue (Feb. 14) and Nebraska (Feb. 17).
• The Hawkeyes will play six weekend home games (three Saturdays and three Sundays) with five coming in Big Ten play.
• Iowa will play two Friday home games in games two and three during the regular season.
• The Hawkeyes will host Northwestern on Super Bowl Sunday. It is the sixth time in the last seven seasons Iowa has played on Super Bowl Sunday.
• Iowa closes out the regular season at Nebraska (March 8) for a second consecutive season.
• The Big Ten Tournament will be held March 10-15 at the United Center in Chicago.  All 18 teams will qualify for the tournament.

The Hawkeyes are entering the first season under head coach Ben McCollum.  Iowa has 12 newcomers on its 14-player roster, including eight transfers. Senior Bennett Stirtz is a preseason All-American, leading a portal class was ranked eighth nationally by 247Sports.

Start times and television information will be announced at a later date.

Season tickets and Fight for Iowa Mobile passes are available by contacting the Iowa Athletics Ticket Office at hawkeyesports.com/tickets or by calling 1-800-IA-HAWKS.

The Iowa Hawkeyes open the Big Ten race Friday night at Rutgers. The Hawkeyes are 2-1 and coach Kirk Ferentz says there are plenty of challenges heading in.

In Iowa’s first road game two weeks ago at Iowa State it took the offense a quarter and a half before it put together a scoring drive. Ferentz says they will need to do a better job of adjusting if they get looks from Rutgers they were not expecting.

Las week the Hawkeyes missed a P-A-T, a field goal and had a punt blocked. Ferentz says those kinds of mistakes in Big Ten play will be tough to overcome.

Ferentz feels Iowa’s struggling pass game made progress in last week’s win over UMass.

Kickoff is 7:05pm, Iowa time. The game will be televised by FOX. You can also hear the game on KJAN!

Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski feels the Hawkeye offense is taking momentum into Friday night’s Big Ten opener at Rutgers. Gronowski passed for two touchdowns, ran for another and Hawkeyes piled up 435 yards of offense in a lopsided win over UMass.

Gronowski says with the start of Big Ten play the Hawkeye offense will need to perform at a consistent level.

Redshirt freshman receiver K.J. Parker got his most extended playing time against UMass and hauled in his first touchdown pass.

While Parker has shown the ability to get open he has dropped several passes this season and is hoping to clean that up.

Upper Iowa is on the road this weekend to take on a Michigan Tech team that is ranked 24th in division two. The Peacocks are 1-1 and this will close out a challenging nonconference schedule for coach Jason Hoskin’s team that saw them open with a loss at Drake.

Hoskins says a strength early has been the play of the defensive line and that unit will be counted on to contain Michigan Tech quarterback Alex Bueno, who has passed for 722 yards in a 3-0 start and also leads the Huskies in rushing.

Hoskins says Michigan Tech wants to be balanced anbd it will be about stopping the run game first.

The Peacocks will ride the passing arm of quarterback Darryl Overstreet Jr. He has passed for 580 yards and six touchdowns in two games.

Iowa is looking to clean up special teams mistakes as the Hawkeyes get ready for Friday night’s Big Ten opener at Rutgers. Kicker Drew Stevens missed an extra point and a 38-year field goal and the Hawkeyes had a punt blocked that led to the lone UMass touchdown in a 47-7 win. With an offense that struggles to create big plays the Hawkeyes margin for error is small and special teams mistakes will prove costly in the league race. Sophomore punter Rhys Dakin.

The punt team will need to be sharp. Rutgers has blocked three punts in a 3-0 start to the season.

Dakin says there have been no changes as they get ready for Rutgers.

Stevens hit the upright on a P-A-T attempt before missing from 38-yards.

Stevens did convert from 54 yards against UMass.

Stevens on the mentality of a long field goal attempt versus a short one.

CORALVILLE, Iowa – University of Iowa volleyball lost to Iowa State in five sets on Wednesday night in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series match at Xtream Arena. The loss dropped Iowa to 7-3 overall and 1-3 in five-set matches.

The Hawkeyes battled all the way back after dropping the first two sets to the Cyclones. Freshman Gia McGrew made her first career start and led the team with 13 kills. Sophomore middle hitter Aleksandra Stojanovic produced 12 kills and six blocks, while senior outside Chard’e Vanzandt smacked 11 kills. Junior middle hitter Hannah Whittingstall converted on 9-of-19 swings to hit .421. She also had four blocks and two aces.

Senior libero Milana Moisio had 20 digs and updated her career high for the third time this season. Redshirt sophomore Allison Berent tallied nine digs in the back row.

Up Next: Iowa returns to action for its first match of the Hawkeye Invitational on Friday evening against the East Texas A&M Lions. First serve is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. inside Xtream Arena. The match will be broadcast on B1G+. John Evans will be courtside providing the play-by-play call on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

The Storm Lake Tornadoes host the Atlantic Trojans Friday night as both teams are seeking to get back to even records on the year. The Tornadoes face a two-game losing streak to Thomas Jefferson and MOC-Floyd Valley. Fourth year Head Coach Drake Curry says his team is competitive and looking to become better defensively.

Storm Lake is a pass heavy team with their Senior Quarterback Cameron Boyd. Boyd has thrown for nearly 600 yards through three games with eight touchdown passes. Curry says Boyd’s athletic ability across multiple sports has really helped him lead the Tornadoes offense.

Curry emphasized the importance of playing penalty free football the best they can especially against teams they’ll go wire to wire with.

Storm Lake has a balanced defensive force with five players with ten tackles or more. The Tornadoes believe that opens the door for several players to make big plays throughout the game.

Curry says his defense is going to have to contain Atlantic’s run game if they want to win Friday night.

Kickoff is scheduled from 7 pm and you can catch all the action on KJANTV with coverage beginning at 6:30 pm.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa women’s tennis team released its schedule for the 2025-26 season on Wednesday, it was announced by head coach Sasha Boros. The Hawkeyes will host eight duals at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex during the spring season.

SCHEDULE NOTES
– Iowa has seven dates on the fall schedule, opening the season at the ITA All-American Championships from Sept. 20-28. The team will later compete in the ITA Central Regionals and Sectional Championships.
– Iowa will travel to Ames for the Cyclone Invitational on Oct. 3-5 before heading to the Michigan Invitational on Oct. 10-12.
– During the spring season, the Hawkeyes will face eight opponents that qualified for the 2025 NCAA Tournament — Furman, Duke, Ohio State, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Washington and Wisconsin.  The Blue Devils advanced to the Elite 8, while Michigan advanced to the Final Four.
– Iowa’s spring opener is set for Jan. 17 at Furman, while the Big Ten opener will be played March 6 at home against Northwestern.
– The Hawkeyes will compete at the ITA Kickoff event in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 24-25.  Iowa will play a nonconference dual against Ohio State on Jan. 24 before facing either Georgia Tech or UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 25.
– The 2025 Big Ten Tournament will return to Ojai, California, from April 23-28.

Iowa returns five letterwinners in 2025-26, including All-Big Ten selections Daianne Hayashida and Tereza Dejnozkova.  The Hawkeyes also welcome freshman Eline Bex and Auburn transfer Emma Tothová. 

Utah Tech coach Lance Anderson hopes his team can break through with a victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday night. The Trailblazers are 0-3 and the losses have come against nationally ranked U-C Davis, Northern Arizona and Idaho.

Anderson says the Panthers will provide a physical challenge for his team.

The Panthers are 2-1.