NCAA Division I Women's College Basketball Rankings: Texas Into The Top 5
NCAA Division I Women's College Basketball Rankings: Texas Into The Top 5
With the new AP Women's Basketball poll, look at how the rankings are looking, which may have changed after another competitive week.
No. 2 South Carolina snapped LSU's 20-game winning streak last week to keep pace with No. 1 UCLA as the Gamecocks continue to bounce back from an early season loss.
South Carolina handed Kim Mulkey and LSU a 66-56 loss on Jan. 24 in SEC action but USC can't celebrate long as the defending champs conference schedule only gets more challenging.
A great deal of basketball was displayed last week in women's college basketball, which could mean something for teams going down the stretch.
Here's what to know about the latest Division I NCAA Women's Basketball rankings.
Top Team Performances And Matchups
- The biggest game in women's basketball last week was easily No. 2 South Carolina hosting No. 5 LSU on Friday. South Carolina knocked off the Tigers and ended its unbeaten streak at 20 with a 66-56 win.
- South Carolina women's basketball has another big game tonight on the road against No. 18 Tennessee basketball.
- All four top teams stayed intact, and No. 1 UCLA women's basketball is now the only team not to suffer defeat this season.
Other Results That May Have Affected The Rankings
- Maryland Women's Basketball had the most challenging week among the ranked teams. They started the week with a lopsided loss to No. 5 Texas WBB, then blew a 15-point lead to Ohio State women's basketball, and then capped off things last night with a loss to the No. 1 team in the country.
- Texas, on the other hand, had one of its best weeks of the year, with clutch, last-second wins over Tennessee and Ole Miss combined with that large win against Maryland.
- Those three wins were good enough to ascend two spots from last week and trade places with LSU.
No Team Drops Out Of Top 25
- Although many teams had bad weeks with taking multiple losses, they still were able to stay in the top rankings due to them losing to other top-ranked teams.
- West Virginia women's basketball dropped the most, five spots, after Maryland, which dropped six.
AP NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings
As of Jan. 27
- UCLA – 20-0 – Prev. 1
- South Carolina – 19-1 – Prev. 2
- Notre Dame – 17-2 – Prev. 3
- USC – 18-1 – Prev. 4
- Texas – 20-2 – Prev. 5
- UConn – 19-2 – Prev. 6
- LSU – 21-1 – Prev. 7
- Ohio State – 19-1 – Prev. 8
- TCU – 20-2 – Prev. 9
- Duke – 17-4 – Prev. 10
- Kansas State – 19-2 – Prev. 11
- Kentucky – 17-2 – Prev. 12
- Oklahoma – 16-4 – Prev. 13
- Maryland – 16-4 – Prev. 14
- North Carolina – 18-4 – Prev. 15
- Michigan State – 17-3 – Prev. 16
- North Carolina State – 16-4 – Prev. 17
- Tennessee – 15-4 – Prev. 18
- California – 18-3 – Prev. 19
- Georgia Tech – 17-4 – Prev. 20
- West Virginia – 16-4 – Prev. 21
- Alabama – 17-4 – Prev. 22
- Vanderbilt – 17-4 – Prev. 23
- Oklahoma State – 17-3 – Prev. 24
- Florida State – 16-4 – Prev. 25
Dropped out: None
Others receiving votes: Michigan 30, Nebraska 26, Minnesota 25, Creighton 21, Baylor 12, Utah 11, Mississippi 8, Harvard 7, South Dakota St. 2.
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