IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 15th-ranked University of Iowa football team will face No. 22 Kentucky in the 2022 VRBO Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is set for noon (CT) from Camping World Stadium and the game will be televised on ABC.

“Congratulations to coach Kirk Ferentz, our football student-athletes and the entire staff, on a Big Ten West Championship, 10-win season and our invitation to the VRBO Citrus Bowl,” said Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair Gary Barta. “One of the most memorable Hawkeye football moments occurred at this bowl in 2005 and I know our fans are excited to relive those experiences.  We have had wonderful Hawkeye fan support all season long and I am confident this will continue in sunny Florida.

“We want to thank Steve Hogan and Florida Citrus Sports for the invitation to participate and we look forward to our visit to Orlando.”

VRBO CITRUS BOWL TICKET INFORMATION
The Iowa Athletics Ticket Office will accept Citrus Bowl ticket requests from Monday, Dec. 6 through noon on Friday, Dec. 10 from football season ticket holders and I-Club members. Fans are encouraged to monitor their email inbox for ordering information and visit hawkeyesports.com/BowlCentral for updated information. If tickets remain after the priority process they will be made available for the pubic on Tuesday, Dec. 14.

IOWA IN POSTSEASON; AT THE CITRUS BOWL
The Hawkeyes will be making their 34th bowl game appearance and their second Citrus Bowl appearance (formerly the Capital One Bowl).  Iowa defeated No. 11 LSU, 30-25, on an improbable Drew Tate-to-Warren Holloway 56-yard touchdown pass as time expired on Jan. 1, 2005.

Iowa enters the game having won three consecutive bowl games for the second time in program history. (The 2020 Music City Bowl was canceled because of COVID.)  The Hawkeyes are 17-15-1 all-time in bowl games.

AMES, Iowa – No. 14 Iowa State (8-1) got back on the winning track, taking down Longwood (3-5) 94-56 Sunday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum. The visiting Lancers were briefly able to respond to ISU’s early lead, but a big run to close out the first quarter gave the home Cyclones a double-figure lead. The lead would get to as much as 41 during the contest, as Iowa State began its five-game homestand with an eighth win on the season.

Iowa State had five in double figures, with both Joens sisters recording double-doubles. Aubrey Joens set a new career-high with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including six 3-pointers while grabbing a career-best 14 rebounds for her second career double-double. Ashley Joens, in the 100th game of her ISU career, got 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Emily Ryan tied her season-best with 13 points, while also dishing out five assists and grabbing four steals. Lexi Donarski also notched 13 points (her fourth-straight game in double figures), while Beatriz Jordão had one of her best days as a Cyclone, finishing with a season-best 14 points and tying her career-high with four blocks.

Up Next
Iowa State is back in Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday for the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series meeting with Iowa. Tip between the Cyclones and Hawkeyes will be at 6 p.m., with ESPNU televising the contest.

1. Alabama (50)
2. Michigan (9)
3. Georgia
4. Cincinnati (3)
5. Notre Dame
6. Baylor
7. Ohio State
8. Ole Miss
9. Oklahoma State
10. Utah
11. Michigan State
12. BYU
13. Pitt
14. Oklahoma
15. Oregon
16. Louisiana
17. Iowa
18. NC State
19. Clemson
20. Wake Forest
21. Houston
22. Arkansas
23. Texas A&M
24. UTSA
25. Kentucky

Others receiving votes: Utah State 109, Wisconsin 66, San Diego State 63, Minnesota 38, Purdue 36, Louisiana Tech 11, Appalachian State 9, Army 7, Mississippi State 4, Penn State 4, Northern Illinois 1

The Michigan Wolverines hit on two big plays in the first half to build a lead and kept building on it in the second half for a 42-3 win over Iowa in the Big Ten Championship. The Wolverines were dominate in their first appearance in the game and will move on to the College Football Playoff.

Blake Corum started the scoring with a 67 yard touchdown run down the right sideline with 6:38 left in the first quarter.A little over a minute of gametime later Roman Wilson hauled in a trick play pass from Donovan Edwards for 75 yards and a score to put Michigan up 14-0. Iowa got a 22 yard field goal from Caleb Shudak to make it 14-3 at half.

Hassan Haskins scored on two short runs, Erick All hauled in a one handed td catch, and Donovan Edwards added the exclamation point score with 1:25 left. The Wolverines outgained the Hawkeyes 461-279 yards.

Michigan improved to 12-1 on the season and will now await their seeding in the CFP on Sunday.

Iowa falls to 10-3 on the year and will await their bowl destination on Sunday afternoon.

Iowa State picked up a win in their first true road test of the season 64-58 over Creighton on Saturday night in Omaha. Caleb Grill was a huge spark of the bench for the Cyclones with 16 points including 4-4 from three point range.

Creighton led by as many as 9 in the first half before Iowa State rallied to tie it at half on one of Grill’s threes as time expired. The Cyclones then built a lead up to as many as 9 in the second half and held of the Jays down the stretch.

Ryan Hawkins had his beast game so far at Creighton with 25 points and 5 rebounds. Ryan Nembhard added 10. Creighton falls to 7-2 on the season. Creighton hosts BYU next Saturday at 11:00 a.m.

Iowa State also got 12 points from Izaiah Brockington in the second half as the Cyclones improved to 8-0. ISU now preps to host the Cy-Hawk game against Iowa on Thursday night at 8:00 p.m.