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AP Top 25 Womens College Basketball Poll

Rankings

Released February 24
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
Texas (26-2) Southeastern Women
1
-
756 (19)
2
UCLA (26-1) Big Ten Women
1
@ Iowa W 67-65
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736 (11)
3
Notre Dame (24-3) Atlantic Coast Women
-2
@ North Carolina State L 104-95
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715 (0)
4
USC (25-2) Big Ten Women
-
vs. Illinois W 76-66
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702 (1)
5
UConn (26-3) Big East Women
-
@ Butler W 86-47
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649 (0)
6
South Carolina (25-3) Southeastern Women
-
@ Vanderbilt W 82-54
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620 (0)
7
LSU (27-2) Southeastern Women
-
@ Kentucky W 65-58
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590 (0)
8
North Carolina (25-4) Atlantic Coast Women
1
@ Louisville W 79-75
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529 (0)
9
North Carolina State (22-5) Atlantic Coast Women
4
vs. Notre Dame W 104-95
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526 (0)
10
TCU (26-3) Big 12 Women
-
vs. West Virginia W 71-50
517 (0)
11
Tennessee (21-6) Southeastern Women
4
@ Florida W 86-78
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418 (0)
12
Ohio State (23-4) Big Ten Women
-4
vs. Purdue W 98-46
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406 (0)
13
Oklahoma (21-6) Southeastern Women
3
@ Arkansas W 94-54
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382 (0)
14
Kansas State (25-4) Big 12 Women
-2
vs. Kansas W 90-60
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376 (0)
15
Kentucky (21-5) Southeastern Women
-1
vs. LSU L 65-58
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353 (0)
16
Duke (21-7) Atlantic Coast Women
-5
vs. Syracuse W 80-49
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323 (0)
17
Baylor (24-5) Big 12 Women
2
vs. Iowa State W 67-52
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256 (0)
18
West Virginia (21-6) Big 12 Women
-1
@ TCU L 71-50
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225 (0)
19
Maryland (21-6) Big Ten Women
2
@ Northwestern W 85-79
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198 (0)
20
Alabama (22-6) Southeastern Women
-2
vs. Auburn W 66-50
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196 (0)
21
Oklahoma State (22-5) Big 12 Women
3
vs. Colorado W 82-65
147 (0)
22
Creighton (23-4) Big East Women
1
@ DePaul W 83-74
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121 (0)
23
Michigan State (20-7) Big Ten Women
-1
vs. Indiana W 73-65
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104 (0)
24
Florida State (22-6) Atlantic Coast Women
-
@ Georgia Tech W 73-70
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64 (0)
25
Louisville (19-8) Atlantic Coast Women
-
vs. North Carolina L 79-75
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46 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Georgia Tech 32, South Dakota St. 22, Utah 19, Illinois 14, Richmond 12, California 7, James Madison 5, Mississippi 4, Iowa 2, Harvard 2, Fairfield 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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