It was a classic scenario of everything that could have possibly gone wrong for the Iowa Hawkeyes did, in fact, go very wrong for them in their 13-10 ugly, sloppy loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers to fall to 5-2 this season.

With no point in sulking over the loss, as the Hawkeyes still have five regular-season games remaining, we can recognize it was a comedy of errors. Be it fumbles, interceptions, brutal penalties from mental lapses, or a mix of other things, Iowa did everything wrong that they normally dominate.

Iowa has to pick up the pieces in a hurry, with the Wisconsin Badgers coming to Kinnick Stadium next week for a Big Ten showdown on Halloween that looks like anything but an easy one after the Badgers took down USC. Iowa will enter that game ranked, but not without a slide in the polls.

Where are the Iowa Hawkeyes ranked this week?

A pretty severe slide in the polls felt inevitable for the Hawkeyes, who had entered the week ranked No. 14 in the Coaches Poll and No. 15 in the AP Top 25.…