Unbeaten UCLA remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll released Monday, with No. 2 South Carolina hot on the Bruins’ heels.
The Gamecocks (18-1) have won 13 straight games since losing to UCLA (17-0) on Nov. 24, including three straight double-digit wins against ranked opponents.
South Carolina picked up one first-place vote in this week’s rankings, with 27 votes going to the Bruins and two to No. 3 Notre Dame (16-2).
The top eight teams were unchanged this week, with No. 4 Southern California (17-1) and unbeaten No. 5 LSU (20-0) followed by UConn (17-2), Texas (17-2) and Maryland (16-1). No. 9 TCU (19-1) and No. 10 Kansas State (19-1) each moved up one spot.
The rest of the AP Top 25:
11. Kentucky (16-1)
12. Ohio State (17-1)
13. North Carolina (17-3)
14. Duke (15-4)
15. Oklahoma (15-4)
16. West Virginia (15-3)
17. Tennessee (15-3)
18. Georgia Tech (16-3)
19. Alabama (17-3)
20. North Carolina State (14-4)
21. Michigan State (15-3)
22. Cal (17-3)
23. Minnesota (17-2)
24. Michigan (13-5)
25. Baylor (16-3)
–Field Level Media