Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz isn't going to spend much time overanalyzing Tuesday's College Football Playoff rankings, which put the Hawkeyes in the No. 5 spot.How much time will Ferentz use to addre s that to a 9-0 team in the driver's seat in the Big Ten West Division heading into Saturday's matchup against Minnesota?MORE: | | "Probably about 30 seconds," Ferentz said on the Big Ten teleconference Tuesday. "I don't mean that in Dennis Rodman Jersey a disrespectful way, but for players or coaches to be really looking at it or thinking about it right now, I don't see what the value in it is."Iowa's value lies in staying undefeated, and that's its best and only shot at making the College Football Playoff.Do the Hawkeyes deserve the No. 5 spot? Why not? Of the five remaining unbeaten teams left in the Power 5, Iowa has beaten opponents with a .524 winning percentage. That's second to Clemson (.597) among those five undefeated teams. The Tigers and Hawkeyes have each defeated two ranked teams.Iowa's remaining opponents in the regular season have a 10-18 record, the easiest path next to Clemson (9-18) among those same five teams. Of course, one-lo s Alabama and Notre Dame already have the drop on the Hawkeyes, but Ferentz's viewpoint likely won't change. "It's really pretty academic, at least where I' Wilt Chamberlain Jersey m sitting," Ferentz said. "I think it was this way prior to our new system. If you're in a major conference, and if you can run the table and win your championship game, which both of those are extremely hard to do, then you got a chance to be in the discu sion."Ferentz said from there nobody knows until December, but ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit .MORE: "(Iowa's) fan-base maybe got a hold of the committee because they have been very frustrated with a lot of people not giving this team the recognition they deserve," Herbstreit said. "For Iowa this is huge news. ... If Iowa wins out, they will be one of the four teams. It is as simple as that."Any other criticism of Iowa is strictly cosmetic, whether Jamaal Wilkes Jersey it's the back-and-forth barbs between and on YouTube or the belief that the Hawkeyes don't pa s the dreaded "eye test." Iowa averages 32.9 points per game, allows 16.6 points per game and has a Larry Nance Jersey point differential of +147.They haven't changed the way they've played since Hayden Fry took over in 1979. That doesn't mean this team isn't worthy.What matters most is Iowa is off to a 9-0 start for the first time since 2009, and it can learn a le son from that season this week. Northwestern knocked off the Hawkeyes in Kinnick Stadium. Iowa still finished 11-2 and won the Orange Bowl. Ferentz this year's team feels a lot like that team. Only this year's team has a chance to do more.If Iowa wins its next three games and can defeat the winner of the Big Ten East Division in Indianapolis, then the Hawkeyes deserve one of those spots.MORE: Iowa will have to take care of busine s against Minnesota first. The Gophers beat the Hawkeyes 51-14 last season. This one isin Kinnick Stadium, too. That's where Ferentz is keeping the focus for the next few days."There's nothing fun about losing, whether it's one point or 100 points like last year," Ferentz said. "Flip it around, Lonzo Ball Jersey and we beat them pretty good two years ago and they drilled us last year. That's football. Whether it's one point or 50 points, a lo s is a lo s and a win is a win."And four more wins is what Iowa needs to make its fool-proof casefor the College Football Playoff. It doesn't take more than 30 seconds to figure that out.