Led by unanimous No. 1 South Carolina, the top 12 teams were unchanged in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s college basketball poll released Monday.
The Gamecocks (4-0) received all 31 first-place votes after beating Coppin State and East Carolina by a combined 83 points last week. Following a game Wednesday at Clemson, coach Dawn Staley’s squad will face its toughest test to date Sunday at No. 5 UCLA (4-0).
No. 2 UConn (3-0), No. 3 Southern California (4-0) and No. 4 Texas (3-0) fill out the top five. The Bruins are followed by Notre Dame (4-0), LSU (4-0), Iowa State (4-0), Oklahoma (3-0) and Kansas State (3-0).
The Fighting Irish visit the Trojans on Saturday for another top-10 showdown.
No. 19 TCU (4-0) entered the poll with its highest ranking since 2008 after beating then-No. 13 North Carolina State on Sunday. The Wolfpack (2-2) fell seven slots to No. 20.
Stanford dropped out of the rankings after losing Sunday at Indiana.
The rest of the AP Top 25 women’s poll: 11. Maryland (5-0) 12. Ohio State (3-0) 13. West Virginia (4-0) 14. Duke (4-1) 15. Kentucky (4-0) 16. North Carolina (3-1) 17. Ole Miss (2-1) 18. Baylor (3-1) 19. TCU (4-0) 20. NC State (2-2) 21. Nebraska (4-0 22. Illinois (3-0) 23. Oregon (4-0 24. Alabama (6-0) 25. Louisville (2-2)
–Field Level Media
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