Iowa improved to 6-0 with the tight win over Penn State over the weekend, and the Hawkeyes now have a stranglehold on the B1G West race moving forward.

With a 3-0 record in conference play, Iowa is in first place in the West with Purdue and Minnesota trailing at 1-1 each in B1G games. However, both teams figure to be big underdogs against the Hawkeyes. (Iowa opens as an 11-point favorite over Purdue for Week 7.)

The remaining games on Iowa’s schedule are vs. Purdue, at Wisconsin, at Northwestern, vs. Minnesota, vs. Illinois, and at Nebraska. Barring a drastic change, the Hawkeyes will be solid favorites in every contest the rest of the way.

Following Week 6, ESPN’s FPI has updated the odds to win the B1G West, and there’s no surprise that Kirk Ferentz’s squad is in command of the race. The Hawkeyes are given a greater than 90% chance of advancing to the B1G Championship Game as the West champs.

Here are the teams with odds above 1% chance to win the division:

  • Iowa – 90.3%
  • Wisconsin – 4.4%
  • Minnesota – 3.7%

Can any team chip away at Iowa’s hold on the division?