South Carolina remains number one for 30 straight weeks, but there’s a lot of movement in the latest AP Women’s Basketball Top 25 poll. The unranked USC Trojans were then No. 2 at Stanford on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Baylor Lady Bears are out of the top 25 for the first time since 2004 after losses to Oklahoma State and West Virginia State.
USC head coach Lindsay Gottlieb told the crowd at the Galen Center that her team “Make something special” After winning Stanford. The Trojans dominated from the start as they held the Cardinals to just his four points in the first quarter. The loss was Stanford’s first loss in his Pac-12 game since January 2021. They dropped him two places to his fourth place.
Baylor, who was ranked 18th last week, has been a regular in the AP Top 25 poll for 19 years, starting January 5, 2004. Only his two teams, Tennessee (565) and UConn (556-still active), have recorded longer streaks. The Lady Bears’ run also included his 21st consecutive week at No. 1 through 2011–12.
South Carolina, Ohio State and LSU are the only three remaining undefeated teams in the country, all of whom are in the top three this week. Ohio State University and LSU are second and third respectively, their best rankings since 2006. Both 18-0 starts are program records.
North Carolina State dropped nine places to 20th after losing to Florida State. 22 North Carolina. His 56-47 result on Sunday came in front of his UNC sell-out crowd for the first time since the 2014-15 season, with the Tar Heels moving up his five places to 17th.
AP Women’s Basketball Top 25
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press Women’s College Basketball Poll, with the 1st place vote in brackets, are the records through Sunday, with total points ranging from 25 points for the 1st place vote to 1 point for the 25th place vote, and based on last week’s poll. Ranking:
| Rank | team | record | point | Forward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina (28) | 16-0 | 700 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio | 18-0 | 670 | 3 |
| 3 | LSUs | 18-0 | 604 | Five |
| Four | Stanford | 17-2 | 601 | 2 |
| Five | U Conn | 15-2 | 600 | Four |
| 6 | Indiana | 16-1 | 582 | 6 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 14-2 | 546 | 7 |
| 8 | Utah | 15-1 | 477 | Ten |
| 9 | UCLA | 15-3 | 428 | 8 |
| Ten | Iowa | 14-4 | 414 | 12 |
| 11 | Maryland | 14-4 | 413 | 9 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 14-3 | 391 | 13 |
| 13 | duke | 16-1 | 361 | 16 |
| 14 | Michigan | 15-3 | 341 | 17 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 14-2 | 304 | 19 |
| 16 | Gonzaga | 17-2 | 249 | 20 |
| 17 | north carolina | 12-5 | 237 | twenty two |
| 18 | Iowa | 11-4 | 205 | 15 |
| 19 | Arizona | 14-4 | 185 | 14 |
| 20 | north carolina | 13-5 | 139 | 12 |
| twenty one | Illinois | 15-3 | 120 | twenty four |
| twenty two | Villanova | 16-3 | 94 | twenty five |
| twenty three | Oregon | 13-5 | 75 | twenty one |
| twenty four | colorado | 14-3 | 65 | NR |
| twenty five | texas | 13-5 | 62 | NR |
Other voters: Baylor 51, Central Tennessee 39, Arkansas 34, South Florida 24, Miami (FL) 23, Florida State 23, Tennessee 19, USC 7, Louisville 4, Clayton 4, Kansas 3, West Virginia 2
