(AP) GAME OF THE WEEK: Floyd of Rosedale isn’t the only thing at stake when Minnesota visits Iowa. The Hawkeyes suddenly are in serious playoff contention, moving up four spots to No. 5 in this week’s College Football Playoff top 25. This team is not the one that lost 51-14 last year in Minneapolis, but this is a tricky game. The Gophers, who removed the interim tag from coach Tracy Claeys’ title on Wednesday, are no pushovers even though they’ve lost four of their last five. They came up a yard short of beating Michigan two weeks ago and stayed with Ohio State to the end last week. Beating an unbeaten Iowa would make their season. BEST MATCHUP: Indiana QB Nate Sudfeld vs. Michigan’s secondary. Sudfeld is passing for a Big Ten-leading 279 yards a game and has thrown for 15 touchdowns, but he’s coming off one of his worst games of the season against Iowa. Michigan leads the nation in pass efficiency defense, has held four opponents under 100 yards passing and Jourdan Lewis is averaging a nation-leading 2.1 pass breakups. …
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