Half of the top 10 teams lost at least one game last week, but South Carolina remained the top ranked team.
The Gamecocks received all 29 votes from a national media panel after beating the Cardinal in overtime. South Carolina has won 16 games in a row against ranked teams, dating back to a loss in the Final Four toStanford.
The University of Connecticut moved up two spots after a victory over a ranked team. Texas and N.C. State were ranked in the top 10. Both Ohio State and Iowa State are in the top five.
Eight teams ranked in the first 10 have lost so far this season, the most before Thanksgiving since 2000, according to a report. Three of the eight losses have been against un ranked teams. There were seven teams that lost before Thanksgiving a year ago.
Losing to the top teams is a positive thing for the sport.
It's a great sign for women's basketball, now you can't just walk into the gym and say, 'We're a top 10 team in the country, and we can just roll over.' He said it was just because you were unranked. I believe those days are over.
The trend will continue as the season goes on.
If this continues, it will be the kind of thing that makes March Madness. The madness that is on the women's side. We need some of that craziness on the women's side. There's more of it.
Notre Dame, North Carolina, Iowa and Louisville are the other top 10 teams.
Since the AP Top 25 became a writers' poll in 1994-95, the Longhorns have dropped three games in a row and fallen 16 spots in the rankings. Tennessee dropped out of the top 25 for the first time in 33 years.
UCLA defeated the Lady Vols in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Texas and Tennessee welcomed a few new players from the transfer portal and it takes time for them to adjust.
The transfer portal has made it easier for teams to find good players. Louisville coach Jeff Walz, who has two transfers of his own, said that they are trying to learn how the new school plays. I think it makes it different.
Kansas State moved into the top 25 after a win. There were 4 Iowa1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556 The polls had Oklahoma and Nebraska in them.
Top ranked teams.
The Big East has a perfect record against the Top 25. Each of the four ranked teams have one. The Golden Eagles are not in the top 25.
There is rising heELS.
The Tar Heels were ranked eighth in 2015, their best ranking since then. They will play either Iowa State or Michigan State on Sunday in the Phil KnightInvitational.
It's famine week.
The top women's teams are playing in a number of tournaments this week.