UCLA and South Carolina remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll released on Monday, with Vanderbilt joining the party for the first time since 2014. The Bruins (20-0) received 31 first-place votes as the only remaining unbeaten team and the Gamecocks (19-1) got the remaining vote, followed by No. 3 Notre Dame […]
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UCLA and South Carolina remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll released on Monday, with Vanderbilt joining the party for the first time since 2014.
The Bruins (20-0) received 31 first-place votes as the only remaining unbeaten team and the Gamecocks (19-1) got the remaining vote, followed by No. 3 Notre Dame (17-2) and No. 4 Southern California (18-1).
No. 5 Texas (20-2) rose two spots, followed by UConn (19-2), LSU (21-1), Ohio State (19-1), TCU (20-2) and Duke (17-4).
The Commodores (17-4) checked in at No. 23 after knocking off then-No. 19 Alabama on Sunday. They last appeared in the Top 25 on Feb. 10, 2014.
The Crimson Tide (17-4) slipped three places as one of a dozen ranked teams to lose last week.
The rest of this week’s Top 25:
11. Kansas State (19-2)
12. Kentucky (17-2)
13. Oklahoma (16-4)
14. Maryland (16-4)
15. North Carolina (18-4)
16. Michigan State (17-3)
17. North Carolina State (16-4)
18. Tennessee (15-4)
19. Cal (18-3)
20. Georgia Tech (17-4)
21. West Virginia (16-4)
22. Alabama (17-4)
23. Vanderbilt (17-4)
24. Oklahoma State (17-3)
25. Florida State (16-4)
–Field Level Media