UConn women’s basketball remains unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll for fifth straight week

The UConn women’s basketball team has spent the entire 2025-26 season atop the AP Top 25, and the Huskies remained the unanimous No. 1 team for a fifth straight poll this week.

The Huskies are cruising through Big East play, earning another pair of blowout wins last week over DePaul and Butler. Their streak of 20 wins by at least 25 points is the longest by any team in the 21st century, and they will look to keep it going Wednesday against Creighton at Gampel Pavilion.

The top four teams — UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas — held steady as they have for most of the season, but LSU dropped a spot to No. 6 after it lost to Texas on Thursday. Vanderbilt, coached by former Huskies star Shea Ralph, rejoined the top 5 in the Tigers’ place.

UConn’s resume took a few hits this week with both Louisville and Iowa suffering upsets. The Cardinals dropped three places to No. 9 after a loss to No. 11 Duke, and Iowa fell to No. 15 amid a three-game losing streak. Tennessee also had a disastrous showing against South Carolina on Sunday after escaping unranked Georgia with an overtime win Thursday, dropping three places to No. 22 in the poll. The Lady Vols suffered the worst loss in program history to the Gamecocks, 93-50, just a week after UConn gave them their second-worst loss all time.

But the Huskies still hold two wins over current top-10 teams. Michigan moved up to No. 7 after giving No. 2 UCLA its closest game since the start of Big Ten play, losing a 69-66 thriller at home on Sunday. Ohio State also continues to climb, moving up a spot to No. 8.

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AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll: Week 14

1. UConn
2. UCLA
3. South Carolina
4. Texas
5. Vanderbilt
6. LSU
7. Michigan
8. Ohio State
9. Louisville
10. Oklahoma
11. Duke
12. Baylor
13. Michigan State
14. Ole Miss
15. Iowa
16. Texas Tech
17. TCU
18. Kentucky
19. West Virginia
20. Maryland
21. North Carolina
22. Tennessee
23. Alabama
24. Princeton
25. Washington

How UConn reporter Emily Adams voted in AP poll

1. UConn
2. UCLA
3. Texas
4. South Carolina
5. LSU
6. Vanderbilt
7. Michigan
8. Louisville
9. Oklahoma
10. Ohio State
11. Michigan State
12. Iowa
13. Maryland
14. Duke
15. Ole Miss
16. Kentucky
17. Tennessee
18. Baylor
19. Alabama
20. Texas Tech
21. West Virginia
22. Georgia
23. TCU
24. Washington
25. Minnesota