That was so long ago though. These are clearly different teams now.

No clearly it's more important to beat weaker teams badly than to actually win a game head to head.

Argument still stands. There is absolutely nothing backing up your argument for PSU over Iowa. Iowa beat them. Played a tougher schedule. Won tougher games on the road. Actually played a non-conf schedule. You have nothing backing your believe other than the always reliable "eye test." So even though Iowa wins against better teams on the road (including the team your comparing) you're going to move up PSU because they blew out a MSU team that has given up. Oh and just 2 weeks ago Iowa went to OSU with their backup QB and went to OT. That same team that also went into PSU and beat them.

Seriously you have nothing.

Also one could argue these polls are more important than the final poll. The final poll is there just for show. These polls may actually sway bowl committees. Hopefully they don't because why would anybody listen to you fools.

So lets keep this simple.

They have the same record.
Iowa played the much tougher schedule.
Iowa's two loses came without their starting QB.
Iowa beat them at their place.

Iowa is better and should be ranked higher.

After 12 weeks, there are other criteria than just head-to-head, especially when that head-to-head was in September, not November? Would you rank USC ahead of Cal or Ohio State today given how the last month of the season has played out for those teams?

USC has lost more total games than both those teams, sparky.

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Would you rank Houston ahead of Oklahoma State, when the Cowboys are 6-1 in the Big 12 with only a loss to Texas while Houston lost to UTEP?

Actually, I probably would rank 1 loss Houston ahead of 2 loss OSU, given that Houston beat them head to head on the road. But let's say it was a 2-loss Houston team vs. 2-loss OSU team. OSU probably would get the nod due to, and only due to, it's tougher subsequent schedule and better subsequent wins. PSU holds no such advantage when it comes to Iowa...if anything, Iowa's subsequent schedule has been considerably tougher.