Iowa Hawkeyes football, basketball programs complete rare trifecta
This calendar year saw the Iowa Hawkeyes football and basketball programs complete a rare trifecta with how things ended.
The calendar year saw the Iowa Hawkeyes win a lot of games across the board. From football to men's basketball to women's basketball, the Hawkeyes were winners with the best of them. The three programs displayed consistency, toughness, and showed that the athletic program has a certain bit of moxie to it.
After a year that saw Iowa football go 9-4, Kirk Ferentz's program ended the season at No. 17 in the AP Poll. The same sort of sentiment can be passed to the men's basketball program, which capped off a magical season with a March Madness run, catapulting them to No.
15 in the final AP Poll. Things don't end there. The Iowa women's basketball program once again proved they have staying power, finishing the year 27-7 and a final AP Poll ranking of No.
16. The three programs finishing as high as they did completed quite a rare accomplishment. It is the first time since 2020-21 that all three programs finished in the top 20 of their respective AP Poll.