Defending national champion South Carolina was the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll released on Monday.
All 31 voters selected the Gamecocks (2-0) following last week’s wins against Michigan and North Carolina State. In the preseason poll, two ballots went to No. 2 UConn and one to No. 3 Southern California.
The top eight teams remain unchanged. Following the Huskies (2-0) and Trojans (2-0) are Texas (1-0), UCLA (2-0), Notre Dame (2-0), LSU (2-0) and Iowa State (3-0).
Oklahoma (2-0) moved up one spot to No. 9 and Kansas State (2-0) climbed three places to round out the top 10.
No. 23 Illinois (2-0), No. 24 Stanford (3-0) and No. 25 Oregon (3-0) joined the poll while Creighton, Indiana and Florida State dropped out.
The rest of the Top 25:
11. Maryland (3-0)
12. Ohio State (1-0)
13. North Carolina State (1-1)
14. North Carolina (2-0)
15. West Virginia (2-0)
16. Duke (2-1)
17. Baylor (1-1)
18. Louisville (1-1)
19. Ole Miss (1-1)
20. Kentucky (2-0)
21. Nebraska (2-0)
22. Alabama (3-0)
23. Illinois (2-0)
24. Stanford (3-0)
25. Oregon (3-0)
–Field Level Media
