iowa Made place in top 10 for the first time in two years Yukon She remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in the Top 25 women’s basketball poll released Monday by the Associated Press.
Last time the Hawkeyes were ranked this high in the final poll Caitlin Clarksenior year. They finished 11th several times this season.
UConn received all 30 first-place ballots from the national media panel as the top six teams were unchanged from a week earlier. The Huskies have won 34 consecutive games dating back to last season. UConn hosting former Big East rival Notre Dame Late Monday night; The Fighting Irish were voted out this week.
number 2 South Carolina and number 3 UCLA were next. texas Despite a 68-65 loss to South Carolina last week, they finished fourth. Vanderbilt And LSU were next time michigan moved up one place to seventh place with louisville, TCU And Iowa fell out of the top 10. Each team moved up one place kentucky lost to mississippi state On Sunday. The Wildcats dropped four spots to 11th.
flying blue devil
Duke dropped back to No. 21 after winning its 10th consecutive game last week. The team was ranked seventh in the preseason top 25 before being eliminated after losing six of its first nine games. Duke has been very active in getting back into the polls over the past month.
emerging tigers
Princeton rose to No. 20, the team’s best ranking since the Tigers finished 13th in the final 2015 poll. They had a 13-game winning streak before Monday’s game against Harvard. The only loss of the season came against Maryland.
falling cyclone
Iowa State was eliminated from the voting for the first time this season after losing its fifth straight game on Sunday. Cyclone was ranked 10th on December 22 but since then there has been a steady decline in the rankings.
conference dominance
Nine SEC teams are in the top 25 for the second consecutive week. The Big Ten is next with seven as Washington re-entered the voting and Illinois dropped out. The Big 12 has five ranked teams following West Virginia’s return to the rankings. The ACC has two while the Big East and Ivy League have one each.
game of the week
No. 5 Vanderbilt at No. 2 South Carolina on Sunday. The Commodores will put their undefeated SEC record on the line against the Gamecocks in a key SEC matchup. Vanderbilt is off to its best start in two decades.
