South Carolina remained the consensus No. 1 and Kansas State climbed to No. 2 on Monday following a chaotic week that saw nearly half the teams in the Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll lose at least once.
The unbeaten Gamecocks (19-0) received all 35 first-place votes after wins against No. 9 LSU and Vanderbilt.
The Wildcats (20-1) matched their highest ranking in school history (from Nov. 25, 2002) after beating No. 13 Baylor and BYU to extend their winning streak to 15 games.
Iowa (19-2), Stanford (19-2) and North Carolina State (18-2) each climbed two spots to fill out the top five.
Colorado (17-3) fell three places to No. 6 following a loss at then-No. 25 Oregon State on Friday, and UCLA (16-3) slid five spots to No. 7 after losing at home against Washington State on Sunday.
Rounding out the top 10 are Ohio State (17-3), LSU (18-3) and Indiana (17-2).
Oregon State (17-3) made the week’s biggest jump, vaulting seven spots to No. 18.
Princeton (15-3) re-entered the poll at No. 25 and is riding a 10-game winning streak. Florida State dropped out.
The rest of the women’s Top 25:
11. UConn
12. Texas
13. Baylor
14. Notre Dame
15. Southern California
16. Louisville
17. Virginia Tech
18. Oregon State
19. Gonzaga
20. Utah
21. Syracuse
22. Creighton
23. West Virginia
24. North Carolina
25. Princeton
–Field Level Media