Ohio State Extends Winning Streak To 12 Games With 38-17 Rout Over Iowa

The way Ohio State has manhandled the competition so far, there's every reason for the Buckeyes to think they're unbeatable. Ohio State faced three ranked teams in September - Texas, Penn State and the Hawkeyes - and beat them all by at least 17 points.

Saturday's showdown was one of the biggest games in Kinnick Stadium history, and more than 70,000 fans - about 69,000 of which were decked out in Iowa gold - did their best to help the Hawkeyes (4-1, 1-1) pick up their first win over a No. 1.

The Buckeyes were just the fifth top-ranked team to visit Kinnick, the last being Miami, who beat Iowa 24-7 in 1992. And the last game to generate this much buzz in Iowa also came in 1985, when the top-ranked Hawkeyes beat No. 2 Michigan 12-10.

"I think if there's a guy in the locker room who said that we weren't the No. 1 team in the nation, he'd have a problem with me," Smith said. "You have to have that kind of attitude, that kind of swagger."

The Buckeyes seem to have smooth sailing for the next six games until they face off with Michigan on November 18. "That's something we talked about, how brutal that September schedule is," Tressel said. "We've played against some tough teams who brought all they could bring us."