Iowa is 4-9 in Quad 1 and 7-0 in Quad 2. They have one bad loss to Rutgers at home. I guess if you look at every team in the country they have a stinker along the way someplace.
Yeah, there's really no way Iowa is not going to the dance. In looking at the whole schedule, this is a minor 4 game blip. They went 13-0 in non conference. From Jan 3-February 22, they went 10-4 with losses to
#11 Purdue
#9 MSU
Minnesota
#24 Maryland
They've beat tournament teams:
ISU
Michigan
Bubble teams:
Oregon
Ohio St.
Indiana x2