Women's Basketball Poll Watching Week 18: Texas Drops Out of Top Five
Welcome to March! The Madness will be here in a matter of days. In women's basketball, some of the leagues are set to start their tournaments where others are still finishing the regular season.
South Carolina finished the regular season undefeated at 29-0 and remains the unanimous No. 1 team in both polls this week.
South Carolina finished the regular season undefeated (29-0, 16-0 SEC). It's the second consecutive year for the Gamecocks to accomplish this. As such, they were the only team to not change positions in either the Week 18 AP Top 25 or Coaches Poll.
Texas (27-4, 14-4 Big 12), last week's No. 3 team in both polls, dropped three spots this week after suffering a road loss to No. 20 Oklahoma.
After South Carolina, the Top Five is comprised of Stanford (26-4, 15-3 Pac-12), Iowa (26-4, 15-3 Big Ten), Ohio State (25-4, 16-2 Big Ten), and then either USC (23-5, 13-5 Pac-12) or LSU (26-4, 13-3 SEC).
The Big 12 has four ranked teams this week with three others receiving votes in at least one of the polls.
Big 12 Women's Basketball Teams Ranked - Week 18:
- Texas - No. 6 in both polls
- Kansas State - No. 16 in both polls
- Baylor - No. 17 in both polls
- Oklahoma - No. 19 in the AP Top 25 and No. 21 in the Coaches Poll
- West Virginia - Receiving votes in both polls (#28/#27)
- Kansas - Receiving votes in both polls (#34/#33)
- Iowa State - Receiving votes in the AP Top 25 (#37)
Here are the highlights from both the AP Top 25 poll and the Coaches Poll:
AP Top 25 Women's Basketball Week 18:
1 - South Carolina (29-0), no change
2 - Stanford (26-4), up 2
3 - Iowa (26-4), up 3
4 - Ohio State (25-4), down 2
5 - USC (23-5), up 2
6 - Texas (27-4), down 3
7 - UCLA (24-5), up 1
8 - LSU (26-4), up 1
9 - UConn (26-5), up 1
10 - NC State (13-5), up 2
16 - Kansas State (24-6), down 1
17 - Baylor (23-5), up 4
18 - Colorado (21-8), down 5
19 - Oklahoma (21-8), up 1
22 - Utah (21-9), down 4
Dropped from Rankings: West Virginia (#24)
Other Big 12 Teams Receiving Votes: West Virginia (#28), Kansas (#34), Iowa State (#37)
Coaches Poll Women's Basketball Week 17:
1 - South Carolina (29-0), no change
2 - Stanford (26-4), up 3
3 - Iowa (26-4), up 3
4 - Ohio State (25-4), down 2
5 - LSU (26-4), up 2
6 - Texas (27-4), down 3
7 - UCLA (24-5), up 1
8 - USC (23-5), up 1
9 - UConn (26-5), up 1
10 - NC State (13-5), up 1
16 - Kansas State (24-6), down 2
17 - Baylor (23-5), up 4
19 - Colorado (21-8), down 4
21 - Oklahoma (21-8), up 1
22 - Utah (21-9), down 4
Dropped from Rankings: West Virginia (#25)
Other Big 12 Teams Receiving Votes: West Virginia (#27), Kansas (#33)
Bold teams = Big 12 Conference teams
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