Their strong start has been recognized with the Cyclones checking in at No. 16 in the latest Associated Press poll released Nov. 10. Iowa State had previously been ranked No. 14 in the same poll.

The Bulldogs are headed to a neutral site to face a Cyclones team with three players named to Naismith award preseason watchlists.

Iowa stayed in the same spot as last week's ranking while Iowa State dropped despite both teams going unbeaten.

Cyclones focused on themselves against Mississippi State, coached by Fairbank native and former Kirkwood coach Chris Jans

The Iowa State women's basketball team finished its first week of the season with a 3-0 mark after a dominant win over Sacred Heart on Nov. 9.

As Iowa women's basketball hosts Evansville Sunday afternoon, former Hawkeye Molly Davis returns to Carver to coach against her former team.

Anyway, let’s start with this: Senior point guard Bennett Stirtz played all 40 minutes for Iowa Friday in its 77-58 win over Western Illinois. That’s not headline news, but it’s something you just don’t see in these games between major-majors (hat tip to Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22”) and mid-majors.

The Iowa Hawkeyes are quickly burying any semblance of negative expectation or fear regarding the Ben McCollum takeover at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Now two games i