Most days, life in Iowa (or anywhere, really) feels like a relentless conveyor belt. Between endless emails, grocery runs, school drop-offs, and the grind of work, it's easy to feel flattened, frayed,

The point of doing a list of the 10 best college bars is to give the reader a guide of places to check out if he or she ends up in one of these college towns. It is not to identify the places in those towns that pack in the most college students.

After Trey Thompson, Iowa's former first commit of the 2026 bunch, reclassified to play this season, the Hawkeyes were technically left with an empty nest in re