UConn women’s basketball earns sixth week as unanimous No. 1 in AP poll; Berube’s Princeton drops out

For a sixth consecutive week, the UConn women’s basketball team remains unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll.

The undefeated Huskies have spent the entire 2025-26 season atop the poll, and the team continues to cruise through Big East play with a 90-44 rout of Creighton and a 71-56 win at Marquette last week. They face Villanova, the second-place squad in the conference, on the road Wednesday night.

According to the AP, this is UConn’s 654th ranked week under coach Geno Auriemma, tying legendary former Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer’s record for most appearances in the poll.

The Huskies were also projected as the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament when the selection committee released its first top 16 rankings on Saturday.

Behind UConn, the top 5 teams remained the same — UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Vanderbilt. The Commodores, coached by former Huskies star Shea Ralph, earned a major win over No. 4 Texas on Thursday, but the team didn’t move up in the poll after suffering an upset at No. 24 Georgia on Sunday.

While Ralph’s squad remains in the top tier, UConn alum Carla Berube‘s Princeton squad fell out of the poll for the first time since Dec. 15 this week following a loss to Ivy League rival Columbia.

The Huskies’ ranked non-conference wins continue to age well with four of their five previous opponents moving up this week. Michigan is up to No. 6 after dominating No. 18 Michigan State on Sunday, and Louisville also climbed a spot to No. 8. Iowa is up two places to No. 13 with a win over Washington, and Tennessee moved to No. 21 following a hard-fought two-point loss at Texas on Sunday. The only team to drop was Ohio State, which fell two places to No. 10 after getting upset by No. 14 Maryland.

AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll: Week 15

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

How UConn reporter Emily Adams voted in AP poll

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