IOWA CITY, Iowa – Week five has the fifth-ranked Iowa football team hitting the road for the second time this season, and for the first time out of state.

Iowa will face Maryland on Friday in College Park, Maryland in a matchup of teams with identical 4-0 records.

Friday’s game will be another chance for Iowa to show that it deserves its high ranking, while for Maryland, it’ll be a chance to get a signature win and show that the program is on the rise under third-year head coach Mike Locksley.

Our panel consisting of Pat Harty, Tyler Devine and Dallas Jones share their prediction for the Iowa game, along with four other matchups. One of the more intriguing matchups has undefeated Michigan playing at 1-2 Wisconsin in a game that should say a lot about both teams.

Pat Harty

Iowa 34, Maryland 21: Iowa scores its points on one offensive touchdown, two defensive touchdowns, three Caleb Shudak field goals and two safeties.

Wisconsin 17, Michigan 14: Barry Alvarez replaces Paul Chryst as the interim Wisconsin head coach for this game, but nobody notices because Barry wears a mask and socks during the game.

Penn State 31, Indiana 23: Steve Alford offers to give a pre-game pep talk to his alma mater’s football team, but Indiana turns him down out of concern that he might throw some of the players under the bus.

Purdue 30, Minnesota 24: The Boilermakers hang 0n to become arguably the worst 4-1 team in college football.

Notre Dame 27, Cincinnati 24: The Fighting Irish move a step closer to getting humiliated in the college playoff.

Tyler Devine

Iowa 34, Maryland 28: Jack Campbell records his 28th tackle of the game late in the fourth quarter, which also happens to be a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery for the game-winning touchdown.

Michigan 10, Wisconsin 9: In an effort to intimidate, Jim Harbaugh sneaks into Graham Mertz’s house and has a sleepover.

Penn State 45, Indiana 31: Indiana gets out to an early lead, but James Franklin assures his players at halftime that he definitely probably maybe won’t take the USC job and the Nittany Lions dominate the second half.

Minnesota 21, Purdue 19: Jack Plummer has to be like 27 years old by now, right?

Cincinnati 38, Notre Dame 35: There’s nothing Fickell about me picking the Bearcats to win.

Dallas Jones

Iowa 31, Maryland 28: Trap game for the Hawks. If the Hawks do not come to play, their CFP hopes may be in jeopardy.

Michgian 20, Wisconsin 17:  Notre Dame showed the world that Wisconsin is fools gold. Michigan can prove something this weekend.

Penn State 34, Indiana 10: Out of all of the Big Ten fun this weekend, this may be one of the few blowouts. I don’t think this is ever close.

Minnesota 27, Purdue 21: I just like P.J. Fleck, that is all.

Cincinnati 44, Notre Dame 20: My Desmond Ridder agenda is revitalized this week as Cincy brings down ND and Ridder throws for 6 TDs.