2/3 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

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1 South Carolina Logo South Carolina South Carolina limited Ole Miss to two points in the first half in a.87-32 win on Thursday. The Gamecocks then rolled past Tennessee 69-48. 1
2 Baylor Logo Baylor Baylor was a bit more dominant this week as they blew out Iowa State 83-62 and beat Texas in Austin by a score of 64-44. 2
3 Oregon Logo Oregon Sabrina Ionescu’s 23rd career triple-double led Oregon to a 101-53 win at Colorado to wrap up a sweep of the Rocky Mountain schools. 3
4 Connecticut Logo Connecticut UConn cruised past Cincinnati 80-50 on Thursday and will look forward to the fierce challenge on Monday night against Oregon. 4
5 Stanford Logo
 
Stanford Ashten Pretchel’s 19 points and 14 rebounds propelled Stanford to a 71-49 win over Washington State to wrap up a 2-0 week. 5
6 Louisville Logo
Louisville Dana Evans scored 17 points as Louisville shot 54 percent as a team in a 86-54 win on the road at Notre Dame on Thursday. 6
7 North Carolina State Logo
NC State Elissa Cunane and Jakia Brown-Turner combined for 39 points as NC State rallied to beat Duke 63-60 in Durham on Sunday. 7
8 Oregon State Logo Oregon State Beavers bounced back this week as they beat Colorado 79-52 and Utah 77-65. Round two with the Arizona schools is next. 10
9 Mississippi State Logo
Mississippi State Rickea Jackson scored 18 of her 22 points in the second half to rally Mississippi state to a 78-73 win over a feisty Auburn team. 11
10 Gonzaga Logo
Gonzaga Gonzaga continues to take care of business defensively as they beat San Diego 57-46 and BYU 59-44 this week. 12
11 Arizona Logo Arizona Aari McDonald scored 27 points and Sam Thomas added 20 as Arizona hammered UCLA 92-66 and then beat USC 73-57 on Sunday. 15
12 Maryland Logo Maryland Maryland had five players score in double figures as they crushed Ohio State Buckeyes 85-65. 18
13 DePaul Logo DePaul DePaul settles for a split this week as they lost a tough one to Creighton 63-61 and beat Providence 93-71 on Sunday. 9
14 UCLA Logo UCLA Japreece Dean and Charisma Osborne stepped up on Sunday as the Bruins beat ASU 70-61 to salvage a split in the desert. 8
15 Florida State Logo Florida State FSU struggled offensively on Thursday night in a 65-56 home loss to Boston College. They recovered to beat Pitt 66-41. 13
16  South Dakota Logo South Dakota South Dakota is now 21-2 on the year as they beat Omaha 71-39 and won at Denver 92-60. 21
17 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Wildcats won at Missouri 62-47 and lost at home on Sunday to Florida 70-62 as the injury to Rhyne Howard is taking its toll. 14
18 Texas A&M Logo Texas A&M Aggies split a pair of one point games this week as they beat Georgia 64-63 and lost at LSU 59-58. 16
19 Florida Gulf Coast Logo Florida Gulf Coast Eagles were pushed to the limit on the road at Liberty on Saturday but found a way to get out of Lynchburg with a 74-65. 20
20 Iowa Logo Iowa Hawkeyes won at Penn State 77-66 thanks to a very balanced offense and on Sunday they lost at Michigan 78-63. 17
21 Arizona State Logo Arizona State The toll of the 76-75 triple overtime win over USC caught up with Arizona State on Sunday as they lost 70-61 to UCLA. 19
22 Princeton Logo
Princeton Julia Cunningham, Bella Alarie, and Carlie Littlefield scored in double figures to lead Princeton to a 66-34 win over Harvard. 23
23 Missouri State Logo Missouri State Bears have won four in a row as they blew out Bradley 90-56 and took care of Illinois State 87-74 on Sunday afternoon. 24
24 Indiana Logo Indiana Hoosiers held serve at home this week as they beat Minnesota and Wisconsin to improve to 17-5 on the season. 25
25 Arkansas Logo Arkansas Razorbacks survive at Missouri, but the defense has to get back on track and moving forward for Coach Neighbors. 22