The 1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1987–88 NCAA women's basketball season.
They finished the season 29–2 overall, 17–1 in Big Ten play, winning the conference championship.
For the second straight season, Iowa advanced to the Elite Eight in the women's NCAA basketball tournament.
1 ranking, a first ever for a Big Ten women's program, a perch they would hold onto for eight weeks.
Senior guard Michelle Edwards would be the first Iowa women's basketball player to have her number retired in 1990.