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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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UConn says at #5, top 3 teams change places. NCSU +4, OSU -4, Duke -5

Our friend Creighton moves up a spot to #22, and Fairfield in the also receiving votes group.
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Associated PressTop 16 Committee RankingNCAA Women's Basketball NET RankingsUSA TODAY/WBCA Coaches
Through Games FEB. 23, 2025
RANKTEAMRECORDPOINTSPREVIOUS
1Texas (19)26-27562
2UCLA (11)26-17363
3Notre Dame24-37151
4Southern California25-27024
5UConn26-36495
6South Carolina25-36206
7LSU27-25907
8North Carolina25-45299
9NC State22-552613
10TCU26-351710
11Tennessee21-641815
12Ohio State23-44068
13Oklahoma21-638216
14Kansas State24-537612
15Kentucky21-535314
16Duke21-732311
17Baylor24-525619
18West Virginia21-622517
19Maryland21-619821
20Alabama22-619618
21Oklahoma State22-514724
22Creighton23-412123
23Michigan State20-710422
24Florida State22-664NR
25Louisville19-846NR
 
Big question coming up is which Big 10 team drops to the 2 line. Will it be UCLA or SoCal? They play this weekend then in their tournament if they advance.
 
8, 9 and 10 (UNC, NC State, TCU) separated by 12 points.

19 Maryland and 20 Alabama 2 points apart.

The polling seems to be stratifying:

The top 4 seem set in stone now, barring something unexpected happening in the next two weeks.

5, 6 and 7 are grouped together...then a wide gap before 8, 9, 10.

There's a 100 point gap between #10 and #11...and another big gap between 16 and 17.
 
LETTERL said:
8, 9 and 10 (UNC, NC State, TCU) separated by 12 points.

19 Maryland and 20 Alabama 2 points apart.

The polling seems to be stratifying:

The top 4 seem set in stone now, barring something unexpected happening in the next two weeks.

5, 6 and 7 are grouped together...then a wide gap before 8, 9, 10.

There's a 100 point gap between #10 and #11...and another big gap between 16 and 17.
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USC could possibly / likely drop one to UCLA this week, but probably will not be enough (unless they get swamped) to allow Uconn to jump them, considering USC holds the face-to-face edge against Uconn. Only thing Uconn can do is take care of business in their next two relatively competitive Big East games
 
ConnMotors said:
Big question coming up is which Big 10 team drops to the 2 line. Will it be UCLA or SoCal? They play this weekend then in their tournament if they advance.
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Don’t confuse AP poll and NCAA committee.

Based on the 2/13 committee, ND and USC could be fighting for the last 1 seed.

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Committee Rankings - how they've fared

Here's the committee top 16 (+ others) and how they've fared since the release, plus what they've got left. TCU is current leader for last 2 seed, but NCSt/Duke/UNC all have big games that could vault them up. OhioSt in danger of falling out.
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LETTERL said:
8, 9 and 10 (UNC, NC State, TCU) separated by 12 points.

19 Maryland and 20 Alabama 2 points apart.

The polling seems to be stratifying:

The top 4 seem set in stone now, barring something unexpected happening in the next two weeks.

5, 6 and 7 are grouped together...then a wide gap before 8, 9, 10.

There's a 100 point gap between #10 and #11...and another big gap between 16 and 17.
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The top 4 set in stone? Not even close.

SEC tournament. One pf SCar or Texas will probably be set if stone. The other, probably a two seed. Probably! Crap, if LSU wins out, who knows.

Big Ten Tournament, Oh, and the UCLA/U$C final game before we even get there?

Does a Big 12 wrap up a two seed. TCU? Okie State.

I promise you Notre Dame doesn't look as near as strong to the NET rating as it does to the pollsters.

thing is set in stone except that UConn will not lose before selection Sunday
 
USC and UCLA meet in the final game of the regular season and then will likely meet in the Big 10 title game. Texas will likely play either SC or LSU in the SEC title game. This is one of those times where it is a benefit to be in the BE.
 
Uconn can get their practice games fine tuning things as they run through the Big East and watch how the other teams beat up on each other
 
BBallF said:
USC and UCLA meet in the final game of the regular season and then will likely meet in the Big 10 title game. Texas will likely play either SC or LSU in the SEC title game. This is one of those times where it is a benefit to be in the BE.
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Now... What happens if Tennessee throws a wrench into this and wins the SEC tournament??
 
visitingcock said:
The top 4 set in stone? Not even close.

. . .

I promise you Notre Dame doesn't look as near as strong to the NET rating as it does to the pollsters.

thing is set in stone except that UConn will not lose before selection Sunday
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Nor does UCLA. I'd hope the seeding committee would take a long look at yesterday's game between UCLA and unranked/NET29 Iowa. I'm surprised UCLA got 11 first-place votes; I would have bumped them down 1 rather than up 1.
 
Monte said:
The Tourney this March is going to be wide open! Which ever team gets hot at that time will win it.
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I'm recommending everyone watch "Win and Advance", the ESPN 30 for 30 episode before the tourney starts (if you have ESPN+). It's one of my favourites to watch especially this time of year. :D
 

Geew1992 said:
Now... What happens if Tennessee throws a wrench into this and wins the SEC tournament??
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1) again, quality losses have minimal impact
2) conference tourney games are a few in a resume of 30 games.
 
Bigboote said:
Nor does UCLA. I'd hope the seeding committee would take a long look at yesterday's game between UCLA and unranked/NET29 Iowa. I'm surprised UCLA got 11 first-place votes; I would have bumped them down 1 rather than up 1.
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so the ref supposedly told the Iowa player you were not it a proper defensive position. Does anyone have any idea what that is supposed to mean? If you are not in a proper defensive position the screen setter is then allowed to trip you?
 
I am unconcerned about the question of a 1 vs a 2 seed. Either one will serve Paige & Co well. Whatever happens, they will have a challenging Elite Eight matchup and probably at least one challenging opponent in the earlier rounds.
 
Ralph said:
so the ref supposedly told the Iowa player you were not it a proper defensive position. Does anyone have any idea what that is supposed to mean? If you are not in a proper defensive position the screen setter is then allowed to trip you?
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I’m not concerned with the officiating, just that they were tied with an unranked team as time expired. That doesn’t scream best team in the land to me.
 
Bigboote said:
I’m not concerned with the officiating, just that they were tied with an unranked team as time expired. That doesn’t scream best team in the land to me.
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So what?

Missouri and Kentucky beat us in 2022/23. Nobody else. Upsets are part of the game.
 
BBallF said:
USC and UCLA meet in the final game of the regular season and then will likely meet in the Big 10 title game. Texas will likely play either SC or LSU in the SEC title game. This is one of those times where it is a benefit to be in the BE.
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Doesn't really work that way. Losing to another top team won't drop any of those teams below us.
 
Ralph said:
so the ref supposedly told the Iowa player you were not it a proper defensive position. Does anyone have any idea what that is supposed to mean? If you are not in a proper defensive position the screen setter is then allowed to trip you?
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Prostrate at the feet of of an offensive player is not a proper defensive position. How she ended up prostrate was the result of a preceding missed illegal screen call. They missed the more subtle violation and saw the obvious violation - it happens. Last year against Uconn in final 4, Iowa got the benefit of a more subtle illegal screen call. Fate giveith and fate taketh away
 
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