AP Top 25 Womens College Basketball Poll

Rankings

Released November 10
Rank
Teams
Trend
This Week
Points
1
UConn 2-0 Big East Women
-
vs. Loyola Chicago
Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. EDT
798 (30)
2
South Carolina 2-0 Southeastern Women
-
vs. Clemson
Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. EDT
761 (2)
3
UCLA 2-0 Big Ten Women
-
vs. North Carolina
Nov. 13 at 9 p.m. EDT
732 (0)
4
Texas 2-0 Southeastern Women
-
vs. Texas Southern
Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. EDT
708 (0)
5
LSU 3-0 Southeastern Women
-
vs. Charlotte
Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. EDT
672 (0)
6
Oklahoma 1-0 Southeastern Women
-
vs. Kansas City
Nov. 12 at 9 p.m. EDT
614 (0)
7
Baylor 2-0 Big 12 Women
9
@ UNLV
Nov. 14 at 9 p.m. EDT
509 (0)
8
USC 2-0 Big Ten Women
10
vs. South Carolina
Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. EDT
500 (0)
9
Maryland 3-0 Big Ten Women
1
vs. Towson
Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. EDT
498 (0)
10
North Carolina State 1-1 Atlantic Coast Women
-1
vs. Maine
Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. EDT
479 (0)
11
North Carolina 2-0 Atlantic Coast Women
-
@ UCLA
Nov. 13 at 9 p.m. EDT
471 (0)
12
Tennessee 2-1 Southeastern Women
-4
vs. Belmont
Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. EDT
420 (0)
13
Ole Miss 2-0 Southeastern Women
-1
vs. Southern University
Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. EDT
411 (0)
14
Michigan 2-0 Big Ten Women
-1
vs. Notre Dame
Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. EDT
398 (0)
15
Duke 1-1 Atlantic Coast Women
-8
vs. Norfolk State
Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. EDT
390 (0)
16
Iowa State 3-0 Big 12 Women
-2
vs. Valparaiso
Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. EDT
377 (0)
17
TCU 2-0 Big 12 Women
-
vs. Tennessee State
Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. EDT
295 (0)
18
Notre Dame 2-0 Atlantic Coast Women
-3
vs. Akron
Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. EDT
285 (0)
19
Vanderbilt 1-0 Southeastern Women
-
@ Austin Peay
Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. EDT
203 (0)
20
Oklahoma State 4-0 Big 12 Women
2
@ St. John's
Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. EDT
167 (0)
21
Iowa 2-0 Big Ten Women
-
vs. Drake
Nov. 13 at 8:30 p.m. EDT
155 (0)
22
Louisville 1-1 Atlantic Coast Women
-2
vs. Colorado
Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. EDT
149 (0)
23
Kentucky 3-0 Southeastern Women
1
vs. USC Upstate
Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
119 (0)
24
Michigan State 2-0 Big Ten Women
-1
vs. Youngstown State
Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
111 (0)
25
Washington 1-0 Big Ten Women
-
@ Utah
Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. EDT
58 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Ohio St. 27, Princeton 19, Richmond 16, West Virginia 15, Kansas St 11, Minnesota 10, South Dakota St. 6, Kansas 5, Stanford 4, Columbia 4, Nebraska 2, Fairfield 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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