IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz signed a three-year extension that will keep him under contract with the Hawkeyes through 2012.

The school announced the extension, three days after the 12th-ranked Hawkeyes beat Wisconsin to clinch a share of the Big Ten title.

Iowa also accepted an invitation to the Capital One Bowl. The Hawkeyes will play the second-place finisher in the Southeastern Conference in Orlando, Fla., on New Year's Day.