No. 4 Kansas State achieved its highest ranking in 21 years and South Carolina remained a unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press women’s college basketball Top 25 poll, released Monday.
The Wildcats (18-1) have not lost since Nov. 26 and climbed three spots after Saturday’s 69-58 win against Kansas.
The Gamecocks (17-0) received all 35 first-place votes heading into a Southeastern Conference showdown at No. 9 LSU (18-2) on Thursday night.
No. 2 UCLA (15-1) also moved up three places, with No. 3 Colorado (16-2) and No. 5 Iowa (18-2) rounding out the top five. The Hawkeyes fell three spots following Sunday’s 100-92 overtime loss at Ohio State (15-3), who jumped six places to No. 12 this week.
No. 6 Stanford (17-2), No. 7 North Carolina State (16-2), No. 8 UConn (16-3), LSU and No. 10 Texas (18-2) fill out the top 10 this week.
No. 23 Florida State (14-6) took the biggest tumble, slipping eight spots following losses to Syracuse and Virginia by a combined 10 points.
No. 22 Syracuse (16-2), No. 24 West Virginia (16-2) and No. 25 Oregon State (15-3) entered the poll, replacing Iowa State, Marquette and UNLV.
11. Southern California
12. Ohio State
13. Baylor
14. Indiana
15. Notre Dame
16. Utah
17. Gonzaga
18. Louisville
19. Virginia Tech
20. North Carolina
21. Creighton
22. Syracuse
23. Florida State
24. West Virginia
25. Oregon State
–Field Level Media
