IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa hasn’t looked like a Big Ten title contender in weeks. Yet with the season halfway over, that’s exactly what the Hawkeyes are. Iowa (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) slogged its way through the first half of 2016, racking up ugly victories with a pair of defeats that were even uglier. But the Hawkeyes have already won twice on the road in league play, and West division favorites Wisconsin and Nebraska still have to play in Iowa City.

Iowa will look to extend the nation’s third-longest road winning streak to nine games with a visit to Purdue (3-2, 1-1) this weekend.