AP Top 25 Womens College Basketball Poll

Rankings

Released March 18
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
South Carolina (32-0) Southeastern Women
-
vs. Tennessee
03/03 12:00 PM EST
875 (35)
2
Iowa (29-4) Big Ten Women
-
vs. Ohio State
03/03 1:00 PM EST
823 (0)
3
USC (26-5) Pacific 12 Women
-
@ Arizona State
03/02 2:00 PM EST
809 (0)
4
Texas (30-4) Big 12 Women
1
vs. BYU
03/02 8:00 PM EST
756 (0)
5
Stanford (28-5) Pacific 12 Women
-1
@ Oregon
03/02 5:00 PM EST
743 (0)
6
UCLA (25-6) Pacific 12 Women
-
@ Arizona
03/02 8:00 PM EST
653 (0)
7
Ohio State (25-5) Big Ten Women
-
@ Iowa
03/03 1:00 PM EST
644 (0)
8
LSU (28-5) Southeastern Women
-
vs. Kentucky
03/03 2:00 PM EST
622 (0)
9
Notre Dame (26-6) Atlantic Coast Women
-
vs. Louisville
03/03 2:00 PM EST
606 (0)
10
UConn (29-5) Big East Women
-
@ Providence
03/02 7:00 PM EST
604 (0)
11
North Carolina State (27-6) Atlantic Coast Women
-
vs. Wake Forest
03/03 2:00 PM EST
521 (0)
12
Oregon State (24-7) Pacific 12 Women
-
vs. California
03/02 3:00 PM EST
476 (0)
13
Virginia Tech (24-7) Atlantic Coast Women
-
@ Virginia
03/03 6:00 PM EST
444 (0)
14
Indiana (24-5) Big Ten Women
1
vs. Maryland
03/03 3:00 PM EST
411 (0)
15
Kansas State (25-7) Big 12 Women
1
@ Texas Tech
03/02 3:00 PM EST
365 (0)
16
Gonzaga (30-3) West Coast Women
-2
vs. Portland
02/28 11:00 PM EST
333 (0)
17
Colorado (22-9) Pacific 12 Women
1
vs. Washington State
03/02 3:00 PM EST
275 (0)
18
Oklahoma (22-9) Big 12 Women
-1
@ Kansas
03/02 5:00 PM EST
268 (0)
19
Baylor (24-7) Big 12 Women
-
vs. Oklahoma State
03/03 12:00 PM EST
236 (0)
20
UNLV (30-2) Mountain West Women
1
@ Utah State
03/05 8:00 PM EST
181 (0)
21
Utah (22-10) Pacific 12 Women
-1
vs. Washington
03/02 2:00 PM EST
180 (0)
22
Syracuse (23-7) Atlantic Coast Women
-
@ North Carolina State
02/29 7:00 PM EST
154 (0)
23
Louisville (24-9) Atlantic Coast Women
1
@ Notre Dame
03/03 2:00 PM EST
93 (0)
24
Creighton (25-5) Big East Women
-1
@ Seton Hall
03/03 3:00 PM EST
87 (0)
25
Fairfield (31-1) Metro Atlantic Athletic Women
-
vs. Rider
03/09 2:00 PM EST
74 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Princeton 48, Nebraska 23, Mississippi 20, Iowa St. 20, Duke 7, West Virginia 7, Richmond 4, Columbia 4, Tennessee 3, Florida St. 3, Kansas 2, Drake 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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