Nebraska Women's Basketball Fails to Garner Votes in Associated Press Rankings

Following a disappointing defeat in Bloomington to Indiana, the Husker women's basketball team failed to garner any votes in this week's Associated Press poll.

Nebraska forward/center Alexis Markowski dribbles in the post against Chattanooga. | Nebraska Athletics

Despite nearly creeping into the Associated Press top 25 rankings for the past few weeks, Nebraska women's basketball recent road loss stopped their ranking bid abruptly.

The Huskers failed to receive a vote in this week's ranking, falling from 27th in total votes received after last week's edition. Nebraska dropped their road Big Ten test on Sunday, falling to unranked Indiana 76-60 in Bloomington. It was the second loss in a week's span that Nebraska had dropped to a conference foe.

Nebraska has had mixed results this season against top 25 foes this year, taking down then-No. 20 Michigan State on Jan. 8 and RV Minnesota on Dec. 8 but falling in their other ranked matchups. The Huskers have dropped contests to No. 1 UCLA, No. 7 USC, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 17 Georgia Tech, and RV Creighton.

Iowa Hawkeyes guard Aaliyah Guyton (11) looks to steal the basektball from Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Britt Prince (23) in the final seconds of overtime Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. | Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Big Ten Conference included five teams in this week's top 25 rankings, led by No. 1 UCLA. No. 7 USC fell in a road test at unranked Iowa, dropping the Trojans down three spots from their previous ranking. Ohio State remained at No. 8 to give the conference three top 10 programs. The Big Ten also featured No. 16 Maryland and No. 20 Michigan State.

The Southeastern Conference included a nation-leading eight programs with three top 10 teams. No. 2 South Carolina, No. 4 Texas, and No. 6 LSU are the frontrunners in the SEC, with No. 11 Kentucky jumping up another spot from last week. No. 15 Oklahoma, No. 19 Tennessee, No. 23 Alabama, and No. 24 Vanderbilt all were included in this week's rankings.

The Atlantic Coast Conference featured the third team in the country with No. 3 Notre Dame and had another top 10 program with No. 10 Duke. No. 13 North Carolina, No. 14 North Carolina State, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 21 California, and No. 22 Florida State were also featured in this week's rankings.

Louisville's Jayda Curry (30) drives against Notre Dame's Sonia Citron (11) during their game at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. on Feb. 2, 2025. | Sam Upshaw Jr./Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Big 12 Conference peaked at No. 9 TCU, followed by No. .12 Kansas State, No. 18 West Virginia, and the final spot with No. 25 Oklahoma State. The lone Big East program included was No. 5 UConn, as the Huskies rose up one spot from last week's rankings.

Other teams receiving votes in this week's poll include Creighton, Baylor, Illinois, Utah, Mississippi, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Harvard, Columbia, and Richmond.

RV Michigan will visit Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday for a 7 p.m. CST tip off. The contest is also the Huskers' National Girls and Women in Sports Day game. The Huskers next top 25 battle includes a road trip to No. 16 Maryland a week after the contest against the Wolverines.

Associated Press Top 25

1. UCLA
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. Texas
5. UConn
6. LSU
7. USC
8. Ohio State
9. TCU
10. Duke
11. Kentucky
12. Kansas State
13. North Carolina
14. North Carlolina State
15. Oklahoma
16. Maryland
17. Georgia Tech
18. West Virginia
19. Tennessee
20. Michigan State
21. California
22. Florida State
23. Alabama
24. Vanderbilt
25. Oklahoma State

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