1997/98 INDEX  European Vacation  Pre Season Rank  Pre Game Rank  Stats Leaders  NonCon Opponents

Sagarin Sagarin RPI RPI Top25 Top25 Americas ISU Opponent ISU Opp. ISU Opp. Line Date Opponent Nov. 8 CONVERSE ALL-STARS 42nd (1996) N.A. 41st (1996) N.A. USA 26th AP 29th N.A. N.A. Nov. 11 YUGOSLAVIA (EX) 57th N.A. 41st (1996) N.A. USA 26th AP 29th N.A. N.A. Nov. 16 OAKLAND (Mich.) 54th N.A. 35th* N.A. USA 26th AP 29th N.A. N.A. Nov. 18 At Wisconsin 53rd 63rd 35th* 26th* USA 26th AP 24th USA 43rd Wisc by 3 Nov 22 PITTSBURGH 82nd 68th 35th* 68th* USA 26th AP 24th N.A. N.L. Nov. 28 NE Louisiana 68th 227th 179th! 171st! USA 26th AP 33rd N.A. ISU by 14 Nov. 30 Hawaii 74th 33rd 179! 290! USA 26th AP 33rd USA 42nd AP 41st N.L. Dec 6 DRAKE 74th 231st 183rd! 297th! USA 33rd AP 55th N.A. ISU by 22 Dec. 13 At Creighton 94th 72nd 145th! 27th N.A. N.A. N.L. Dec. 16 At Illinois-Chicago 79th 35th 107th! 100th! N.A. N.A. N.L. Dec. 20 At Wisconsin Green Bay 78th 39th 60th 55th! N.A. N.A. N.L. Dec. 30 INDIANA STATE 53rd 56th 53rd! 122nd! N.A. N.A. Birds by 8 Jan. 4 PACIFIC 44th 93rd 49th! 82nd! N.A. USA 34th N.L. Jan. 7 At Drake 46th 276th 25th 277th AP 46th N.A. ISU by 14 Jan. 10 SIU 49th 149th 25th 133rd AP 46th N.A. ISU by12.5 Jan. 15 At Wichita St 46th 197th 38th 168th AP 46th USA 50th N.A. ISU by 7 Jan. l8 At SMSU 45th 117th 38th 167th AP 46th USA 50th N.A. SMSU by 1 Jan. 21 At Bradley 54th 100th 35th 126th USA 37th N.A. ISU by 1 Jan. 24 WICHITA ST 49th 184th 35th 181st USA 37th N.A. ISU by 15 Jan. 28 At SIU 50th 136th 56th 145th USA 42nd N.A. ISU by 3.5 Jan. 31 UNI 46th 152nd 56th 210th USA 42nd N.A. ISU by12 Feb. 4 BRADLEY 46th 115th 51st 135th USA 41st N.A. ISU by 10 Feb. 7 At Indiana St 43rd 85th 51st 78th USA 41st N.A. Birds by 4 Feb. 10 EVANSVILLE 42nd 139th 40th 173rd AP 39th USA 35th N.A. ISU by 12 Feb. 15 SMSU 46th 95th 40th 141st AP 39th USA 35th N.A. ISU by 7.5 Feb. 18 At Evansville 51st 137th 39th 166th USA 40th N.A. ISU by 2.5 Feb. 21 CREIGHTON 48th 61st 39th 67th USA 39th N.A. ISU by 5 Feb. 23 At UNI 45th 160th 38th 217th AP 39th USA 42nd N.A. ISU by 5.5 Feb 28 MVC Trny 44th 138th 38th 152nd AP 39th USA 42nd N.A. N.L. Mar 1 MVC Trny 44th 133rd 38th 146th AP 39th USA 42nd N.A. ISU by 4.5 Mar 2 MVC Trny 40th 90th 35th 124th AP 39th USA 42nd N.A. ISU by 5 Mar 12 Tennessee 40th 36th 33rd 22nd AP 36th(tie) USA 37th AP 36th(tie) USA 41st PK Mar 14 Arizona 40th 3rd 33rd 6th AP 36th(tie) USA 37th AP 4th USA 4th Arizona by 13.5 Final Rankings 41st 27th AP 36th USA 32nd * : RPI according to ESPNets unofficial RPI ranking from 96/97 ! : RPI according to Hoops Today