AP Top 25 Womens College Basketball Poll

Rankings

Released December 30
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
UCLA (13-0) Big Ten Women
-
vs. Michigan
01/01 5:00 PM EST
798 (30)
2
South Carolina (12-1) Southeastern Women
-
@ Missouri
01/02 7:00 PM EST
763 (1)
3
Notre Dame (11-2) Atlantic Coast Women
-
@ North Carolina
01/05 1:00 PM EST
727 (1)
4
USC (12-1) Big Ten Women
-
vs. Nebraska
01/01 3:00 PM EST
693 (0)
5
Texas (13-1) Southeastern Women
-
@ Oklahoma
01/02 9:00 PM EST
642 (0)
6
LSU (15-0) Southeastern Women
-
@ Arkansas
01/02 9:00 PM EST
628 (0)
7
UConn (11-2) Big East Women
-
@ Marquette
01/01 2:00 PM EST
613 (0)
8
Maryland (12-0) Big Ten Women
-
vs. Rutgers
01/02 7:00 PM EST
609 (0)
9
Oklahoma (12-1) Southeastern Women
-
vs. Texas
01/02 9:00 PM EST
534 (0)
10
Ohio State (13-0) Big Ten Women
-
vs. Northwestern
01/05 1:00 PM EST
504 (0)
11
TCU (13-1) Big 12 Women
-
vs. Colorado
01/01 7:30 PM EST
475 (0)
12
Kansas State (13-1) Big 12 Women
-
@ Houston
01/01 3:00 PM EST
452 (0)
13
Georgia Tech (14-0) Atlantic Coast Women
-
vs. Syracuse
01/02 7:00 PM EST
400 (0)
14
Duke (10-3) Atlantic Coast Women
-
@ Boston College
01/02 7:00 PM EST
357 (0)
15
Tennessee (12-0) Southeastern Women
-
@ Texas A&M
01/02 8:00 PM EST
340 (0)
16
Kentucky (11-1) Southeastern Women
-
vs. Mississippi State
01/02 7:00 PM EST
321 (0)
17
North Carolina (13-2) Atlantic Coast Women
-
vs. Notre Dame
01/05 1:00 PM EST
303 (0)
18
West Virginia (10-2) Big 12 Women
-
vs. UCF
01/01 2:00 PM EST
233 (0)
19
Alabama (13-1) Southeastern Women
1
vs. Florida
01/02 7:00 PM EST
207 (0)
20
California (13-1) Atlantic Coast Women
1
@ Clemson
01/02 7:00 PM EST
186 (0)
21
Michigan State (11-2) Big Ten Women
-2
vs. Purdue
01/01 2:00 PM EST
148 (0)
22
North Carolina State (10-3) Atlantic Coast Women
-
vs. Boston College
01/05 2:00 PM EST
137 (0)
23
Iowa (11-2) Big Ten Women
1
@ Penn State
01/01 1:00 PM EST
116 (0)
24
Michigan (10-3) Big Ten Women
-1
@ UCLA
01/01 5:00 PM EST
82 (0)
25
Ole Miss (8-3) Southeastern Women
-
@ Auburn
01/02 7:00 PM EST
48 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Vanderbilt 26, Utah 24, Illinois 11, Oklahoma St. 7, Baylor 5, Nebraska 4, Mississippi St. 3, Harvard 3, Portland 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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