The top 5 teams in the AP Top 25 poll shifted for the first time this season, but the UConn women’s basketball team held onto its No. 1 ranking after Week 4.
The Huskies only played once last week, beating Xavier 104-39 in their Big East opener, and they received 22 of a possible 32 first-place votes in the poll. Texas picked up the other 10, moving up to No. 2 after a huge pair of victories over No. 4 UCLA and No. 3 South Carolina at the Player’s Era Tournament in Las Vegas. The Bruins and Gamecocks were both receiving first-place votes last week. LSU remained at No. 5, but the Tigers have yet to face a single power conference opponent.
UConn added a retroactive ranked win to its resume with Ohio State entering the top 25 for the first time this season at No. 23. The Buckeyes, who lost 100-68 to the Huskies on Nov. 16 in Hartford, beat No. 25 West Virginia to knock preseason No. 9 NC State out of the poll. The Wolfpack are the second preseason top 10 team now unranked, joining preseason No. 7 Duke.
The only other major movement in the poll this week was Tennessee, which dropped five places to No. 19 after it was routed 99-77 by UCLA on Sunday night. The Huskies face the Lady Vols in Hartford on Feb. 1. UConn’s next ranked game will be against No. 16 USC on Dec. 13 in Los Angeles.
AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll: Week 4
- UConn
- Texas
- South Carolina
- UCLA
- LSU
- Michigan
- Maryland
- TCU
- Oklahoma
- Iowa State
- North Carolina
- Iowa
- Ole Miss
- Baylor
- Vanderbilt
- USC
- Kentucky
- Notre Dame
- Tennessee
- Michigan State
- Washington
- Louisville
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma State
- West Virginia
How UConn reporter Emily Adams voted in AP poll
- UConn
- Texas
- UCLA
- South Carolina
- Michigan
- LSU
- Maryland
- TCU
- Oklahoma
- Iowa State
- North Carolina
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- USC
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Ohio State
- Michigan State
- West Virginia
- Baylor
- Louisville
- Tennessee
- Vanderbilt
- Washington
- NC State