AP poll January 1, 2024

[Plebe]

Happy 2024. UConn rises to #12.

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Other notable movers:

• Colorado rises from #8 to #5.
• Baylor rises from #10 to #6.
• USC falls from #6 to #9.
• Texas falls from #5 to #10.
• Utah falls from #12 to #15.
• Notre Dame falls from #13 to #16.
• Ohio State falls from #17 to #20.
• Syracuse enters at #25.
• North Carolina falls from #24 to first among RV.

 

[Jackalope]

Yahoo Article with some analysis:

AP Top 25 women's basketball poll: South Carolina opens 2024 in familiar spot atop the rankings

The Gamecocks' starting lineup looks different than this time last year, but Dawn Staley’s squad is still primed for a run to the NCAA championship game with one of the most complete rosters in the country.

www.yahoo.com

 

[FanFromMaine]

Happy 2024. UConn rises to #12.

AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA women's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.

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Other notable movers:

• Colorado rises from #8 to #5.
• Baylor rises from #10 to #6.
• USC falls from #6 to #9.
• Texas falls from #5 to #10.
• Utah falls from #12 to #15.
• Notre Dame falls from #13 to #16.
• Ohio State falls from #17 to #20.
• Syracuse enters at #25.
• North Carolina falls from #24 to first among RV.

Always an “interesting” read…

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

As in the theme song for the TV Show "The Jefferson's"... We're "Movin' on Up."

 

[JoePgh]

ESPN's "Power Ratings" has UConn at #8, ahead of Stanford among others.

 

[Boreifs]

ESPN's "Power Ratings" has UConn at #8, ahead of Stanford among others.

Massey is also 8.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

Massey is also 8.

8 seems about right for this group right now. Need more consistent contributions from Q and/or Ice and/or more consistent dominance from Paige and Aaliyah to move up.

 

[EricLA]

13 or 12 is where I thought we would be. UCONN should easily be a 3 seed pushing 2 seed at this point. Wasn't sure we'd jump Va Tech who didn't lose either, but I guess our romp over #18 Marquette opened some eyes.

In our sights, K-State, Texas, and USC. Without Harmon, Texas is not the same team. USC plays almost exclusively 1 on 1 ball so slow Watkins (easier said than done) and USC will struggle. We are trending in the right direction...

LOVE that Vandy is also receiving votes. While their rival, Tennessee, is nowhere to be seen.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Note that SC lost one first-place vote to UCLA.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

12 for UCONN seems about right in the current trend. 3 spot drop for USC seems a bit overcooked. They lost to #2(?) in a competitive game it seems.

 

[HuskyNan]

UConn Twitter is quite active today

 

[Bone Dog]

Up 3 is one more than I expected. 12 is probably not where UConn will stay. I suspect we'll end up somewhere in the top 10 by the end.

On a side note, the USCw ranking at #9 sounds just about right for where they seem to be now. I re-watched their game against UCLA and thought better of them than I had previously. They played a scrappy feisty game against a tough opponent. I didn't think they had it in them.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[Centerstream]

In many Top 25 threads, I have stated that it was my opinion that many voters don't appear to actually have knowledge of the games teams (UConn) played that week.
Today I changed my opinion, at least for this week.

 

[Plebe]

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Unfortunately this is a tad misleading since it's counting the opponent's AP ranking at the time of the game. Two of those four wins for UConn were over teams no longer ranked (Maryland and North Carolina). (Of course, the same can be said of South Carolina, which also has wins over MD and UNC.)

Per the current NET, we have 5 wins over the top 50 but none over the top 25: Louisville (26), Marquette (34), Minnesota (36), Maryland (38), UNC (46). Kansas is just outside the top 50 at #55.

 

[Cuango]

13 or 12 is where I thought we would be. UCONN should easily be a 3 seed pushing 2 seed at this point. Wasn't sure we'd jump Va Tech who didn't lose either, but I guess our romp over #18 Marquette opened some eyes.

In our sights, K-State, Texas, and USC. Without Harmon, Texas is not the same team. USC plays almost exclusively 1 on 1 ball so slow Watkins (easier said than done) and USC will struggle. We are trending in the right direction...

LOVE that Vandy is also receiving votes. While their rival, Tennessee, is nowhere to be seen.

Speaking of Shea, (Vandy) I am so happy (and unsurprised) to see her success in turning that program back into a winner. I realize they haven’t won anything yet, except more games but it’s very clear that she has those kids playing Shea ball. Very gratifying to all UConn fans who have proclaimed her to be Geno’s heir apparent. Of course, it’s also somewhat alarming as now we have to worry that she might not come back to UConn when Geno does retire! Anyway, so happy for Shea and here’s hoping she doesn't forget us.

 

[vtcwbuff]

A more enjoyable ranking is the NCAA NET where UConn is ranked 10 (moving up from 11), Shea Ralph's Vandy team is ranked 58 and our orange tinted friends are ranked 74.

 

[HuskyNan]

A more enjoyable ranking is the NCAA NET where UConn is ranked 10 (moving up from 11), Shea Ralph's Vandy team is ranked 58 and our orange tinted friends are ranked 74.

And Carla’s Princeton is #51

 

[visitingcock]

Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	South Carolina	12-0	800	32	1	-	1/4
2	UCLA	12-0	768	0	2	-	2/8
3	Iowa	13-1	717	0	3	-	2/6
4	North Carolina State	13-0	713	0	4	-	4/NR
5	LSU	13-1	626	0	6	+1	1/6
6	USC	10-1	611	0	5	-1	5/21
7	Colorado	11-1	608	0	8	+1	4/18
8	Stanford	12-1	578	0	9	+1	3/13
9	Baylor	12-0	571	0	11	+2	9/23
10	Texas	13-1	488	0	7	-3	7/14
11	Virginia Tech	10-2	442	0	14	+3	5/14
12	Utah	10-3	414	0	10	-2	4/12
12	Kansas State	13-1	414	0	16	+4	12/NR
14	Indiana	11-1	408	0	15	+1	9/19
15	UConn	10-3	368	0	17	+2	2/18
16	Louisville	12-2	289	0	19	+3	15/19
17	Notre Dame	9-2	288	0	12	-5	10/17
18	Ohio State	10-3	258	0	13	-5	6/18
19	Gonzaga	13-2	218	0	20	+1	19/NR
20	Marquette	12-1	198	0	18	-2	18/NR
21	Creighton	10-2	157	0	21	-	20/NR
22	Florida State	11-3	128	0	22	-	13/22
23	TCU	14-0	95	0	25	+2	23/NR
24	Washington	11-1	74	0	24	-	23/NR
25	West Virginia	12-0	45	0	NR	+2	25/NR

 

[Rowdy831]

UConn to me is solid top 10 team and if they match up they will beat any team they play. Their Achilles is the lack of depth in the post and lack of size in general. They will really struggle matching up to a few teams so they will need help just as LSU did last year but they do have a path.

I used to say you can prepare to win a game or you can prepare to win a tournament. The fine line is you have to win games to get to the tournament and I think right now UConn has done that. The real question won't be answered until they play ND who is a marginal team with some size and South Carolina who is a very good team with a lot of length. I would be shocked if they lose a conference game though since they know they have to play with urgency.