Do you want curler coasters? As a result of the primary month of the 2024-25 ladies’s faculty basketball season has been fairly a trip. We have seen a number of losses by top-five groups, and most just lately the TCU Horned Frogs pulled one such upset towards Notre Dame, beforehand ranked third within the nation.
Every week in the past, Notre Dame was within the spoiler function when the Combating Irish upset the USC Trojans on Nov. 23 and had moved as much as No. 3, however then misplaced to TCU, 76-68, on Nov. 30 and to Utah, 78-67, on Dec. 1. On this week’s AP Prime 25 ballot launched Monday, Notre Dame has slid all the way down to No. 10, and TCU is now at No. 9, its finest rating ever.
The Irish have been nearly joined by the UCLA Bruins, who have been examined within the first half towards Hawaii on Dec. 1. Finally, UCLA pulled away within the third quarter, ending the evening with a dominant 70-49 win behind 21 factors from Kiki Rice. This consequence helped Cori Shut’s crew stay undefeated and retain their No. 1 rating.
After shedding to UCLA on Nov. 24, reigning nationwide champion and former No. 1 South Carolina bounced again with a 76-36 victory towards then No. 15 Iowa State on Thanksgiving. That was the Cyclones’ second lack of the season, which dropped them all the way down to No. 20, whereas the Gamecocks moved again as much as No. 3.
Geno Auriemma’s UConn has been the one constant crew within the high 5, however whereas the undefeated Huskies stay at No. 2, they’ve a tricky highway forward as a result of 4 of their subsequent six video games will likely be towards ranked opponents.
NC State left the highest 25 after shedding its fourth sport of the season following its 82-65 loss to LSU on Nov. 27. The Wolfpack entered the 2024-25 marketing campaign with excessive expectations, however they presently have a 4-4 document.
Girls’s faculty basketball AP Prime 25 ballot
| Rank | Crew | File | Factors | Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | 8-0 | 792 | 1 |
| 2 | UConn | 6-0 | 771 | 2 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 7-1 | 727 | 4 |
| 4 | Texas | 7-0 | 704 | 5 |
| 5 | LSU | 9-0 | 629 | 7 |
| 6 | USC | 6-1 | 619 | 6 |
| 7 | Maryland | 8-0 | 572 | 10 |
| 8 | Duke | 8-1 | 564 | 13 |
| 9 | TCU | 8-0 | 513 | 17 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 5-2 | 501 | 3 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 6-1 | 499 | 8 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 7-0 | 443 | 11 |
| 13 | Kansas State | 7-1 | 425 | 9 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 7-0 | 405 | 14 |
| 15 | West Virginia | 8-1 | 390 | 15 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 7-1 | 351 | 16 |
| 17 | Iowa | 8-0 | 214 | 22 |
| 18 | Ole Miss | 5-2 | 211 | 18 |
| 19 | Alabama | 8-0 | 183 | 23 |
| 20 | Iowa state | 6-2 | 176 | 15 |
| 21 | Illinois | 6-1 | 129 | 19 |
| 22 | Louisville | 5-2 | 111 | 24 |
| 23 | Michigan | 7-1 | 96 | NR |
| 24 | Michigan State | 8-0 | 86 | NR |
| 25 | Nebraska | 6-1 | 68 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: NC State 58, Georgia Tech 33, Stanford 28, Tennessee 16, Oregon 15, Florida St. 14, Richmond 13, Mississippi St. 11, Vanderbilt 8, Baylor 6, Utah 5, Harvard 4, South Dakota St. 4, Creighton 3, Minnesota 3.
