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Northern Illinois

Polls ranked17of 906
Seasons ranked3of 51
Best rankingNo. 17
Polls at No. 10
Longest streak8polls
Rank in every AP poll, 1976–2026 · No. 1 at the topranked in 17 of 906 polls · hover for a poll
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Season by season · 3 ranked seasons, newest first

Rank by season
SeasonPolls, No. 1 at the topPreseason → finalAt No. 1RankedTournament
1992-1993unranked→No. 255/16
1990-1991unranked→unranked4/17
1989-1990unranked→No. 178/17

Statistics · the full details

Statistics
StatisticValueFirst and most recentMore
Best ranking17All 5
# Polls Ranked17
First: January 21, 1990 (24)
Most recent: March 16, 1993 (25)
All 17
# Polls Ranked No. 10-
# Polls Ranked Top 50-
# Polls Ranked Top 100-
# Polls Ranked Top 150-
# Polls Ranked Top 206
First: February 26, 1990 (18)
Most recent: December 17, 1990 (20)
All 6
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked8January 21, 1990 - March 12, 1990All 4
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked No. 10-
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 50-
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 100-
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 150-
Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 203
2 times
All 2
# Seasons Ranked3
First: 1989-1990
Most recent: 1992-1993
All 3
# Seasons Ranked No. 10-
# Seasons Ranked Top 50-
# Seasons Ranked Top 100-
# Seasons Ranked Top 150-
# Seasons Ranked Top 202
First: 1989-1990
Most recent: 1990-1991
All 2
# Seasons Preseason Ranked0-
# Seasons Preseason Ranked No. 10-
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 50-
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 100-
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 150-
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 200-
# Seasons Finished Ranked2
First: 1989-1990
Most recent: 1992-1993
All 2
# Seasons Finished Ranked No. 10-
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 50-
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 100-
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 150-
# Seasons Finished Ranked Top 201
First: 1989-1990
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked21989-1990 - 1990-1991All 2
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked No. 10-
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 50-
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 100-
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 150-
Most Consecutive Seasons Ranked Top 2021989-1990 - 1990-1991
Largest Poll-to-Poll Rise8Unranked (November 26, 1990) → No. 18 (December 3, 1990)All 10
Largest In-Season Poll-to-Poll Rise8Unranked (November 26, 1990) → No. 18 (December 3, 1990)All 10
Largest Preseason-to-Final Rise9Unranked (November 20, 1989) → No. 17 (March 12, 1990)All 2
Largest Poll-to-Poll Fall9No. 17 (March 12, 1990) → Unranked (November 18, 1990)All 6
Largest In-Season Poll-to-Poll Fall5
2 times
First: No. 20 (December 17, 1990) → No. 25 (December 24, 1990)
Most recent: No. 21 (February 16, 1993) → Unranked (February 23, 1993)
All 4
Largest Preseason-to-Final Fall--