Top five unchanged; Michigan, TCU soar into top 10

Field Level Media
17 Nov 2025, 23:55 GMT+10

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The top five teams were unchanged while Michigan and TCU vaulted into the top 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released Monday.

Top-ranked and defending national champion UConn (4-0) received 28 of the 32 first-place ballots, with three going to No. 2 South Carolina (4-0) and one to No. 3 UCLA (5-0). Texas (4-0) and LSU (4-0) rounded out the first five.

The Wolverines (3-0) jumped eight spots to No. 6 after routing then-No. 18 Notre Dame 93-54 on Saturday, and the Horned Frogs (4-0) surged seven places to No. 10 following a 69-59 win at then-No. 10 NC State on Sunday.

No. 7 Baylor (4-0) and No. 9 Maryland (5-0) held their spots, but Oklahoma (4-1) dropped two places to No. 8 despite winning three games last week by at least 28 points each.

No. 23 West Virginia (4-0) entered the poll after beating then-No. 15 Duke (3-2) on Friday. That knocked the Blue Devils out, ending a 24-week run in the Top 25.

The rest of the women's AP Top 25 poll:

11. Southern California (2-1)

12. Iowa State (5-0)

13. Ole Miss (3-0)

14. North Carolina (3-1)

15. Tennessee (3-1)

16. NC State (2-2)

17. Vanderbilt (3-0)

18. Oklahoma State (5-0)

19. Iowa (4-0)

20. Kentucky (5-0)

21. Louisville (3-1)

22. Michigan State (4-0)

23. West Virginia (4-0)

24. Notre Dame (3-1)

25. Washington (3-0)

--Field Level Media

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