1998 1st Year Programs, Final Rankings Rank School Record Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Houston Denver UNLV Long Beach State Miami, FL Portland State* Drury Purdue Quinnipiac Central Michigan Boise State Marshall Idaho Idaho State IUPUI Tennessee-Martin Morehead State Nicholls State 11-8 10-5-2 8-10-1 9-11 11-7-1 7-12-1 12-6-1 4-14 9-7-2 6-10-1 5-11-1 4-13-1 4-13-1 2-14-1 6-11 2-15 2-15 0-12 1 2 4 3 5 NR 6 8 7 9 10 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  Number of eligible programs: 18  2001 1st Year Programs, Final Rankings  2000 1st Year Programs, Final Rankings  1999 1st Year Programs, Final Rankings  1997 1st Year Programs, Final Rankings  1996 1st Year Programs, Final Rankings