Where Notre Dame women's basketball ranks in Week 5 AP Top 25 after two losses
Notre Dame had a week it does not want to remember but probably won’t be able to forget. The Fighting Irish (5-2) went to the Caribbean for the Cayman Islands Classic and came home with two losses to Big 12 programs TCU (7-0) and Utah (6-2).
Notre Dame dropped from No. 3 to No. 10 in the Associated Press Poll as a result.
The Horned Frogs are undefeated and ascended from No. 17 to No. 9 after their 76-68 win over the Irish. Utah is one of several teams on the outside looking in but receiving votes. The Utes beat Notre Dame, 78-67.
It doesn’t get any easier for Notre Dame this week. The Irish are hosting No. 4 Texas (7-0) at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend at 7 p.m. ET Thursday. The Longhorns are coming off a Sunday night victory over No. 12 West Virginia in the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Below is a look at the NCAA women’s basketball AP Top 25 and NET Rankings.
Week 5 Women’s Basketball AP Top 25: Notre Dame No. 3
1. UCLA (8-0) (25 first-place votes)
2. UConn (6-0) (7)
3. South Carolina (7-1)
4. Texas (7-0)
5. LSU (9-0)
6. USC (6-1)
7. Maryland (8-0)
8. Duke (8-1)
9. TCU (8-0)
10. Notre Dame (5-2)
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Oklahoma nabs OC
Sooners tab Ben Arbuckle as OC
- 2
Sam Pittman
Will return to Arkansas as head coach
- 3New
CBB Top 25
AP Poll shake up after Feast Week
- 4Hot
Harsin wears Bama gear
Former Auburn HC sports LANK shirt
- 5
BCS formula predicts CFP
Predicting the College Football Playoff Top 25
11. Oklahoma (6-1)
12. Ohio State (7-0)
13. Kansas State (7-1)
14. Kentucky (7-0)
15. West Virginia (8-1)
16. North Carolina (7-1)
17. Iowa (8-0)
18. Ole Miss (5-2)
19. Alabama (8-0)
20. Iowa State (6-2)
21. Illinois (6-1)
22. Louisville (5-2)
23. Michigan (7-1)
24. Michigan State (8-0)
25. Nebraska (6-1)
Week 5 NCAA Women’s Basketball NET Rankings
| Rank | School | Conference | Record | Road | Neutral | Home |
| 1 | South Carolina | SEC | 7-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Texas | SEC | 7-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| 3 | UCLA | Big Ten | 8-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 |
| 4 | UConn | Big East | 6-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| 5 | TCU | Big 12 | 8-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 6-0 |
| 6 | Michigan St. | Big Ten | 8-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 8-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 6-0 |
| 8 | LSU | SEC | 9-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 7-0 |
| 9 | Duke | ACC | 8-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
| 10 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 6-0 |
| 11 | Kansas St. | Big 12 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6-0 |
| 12 | Ohio St. | Big Ten | 7-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | ACC | 5-2 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 |
| 14 | Southern California | Big Ten | 6-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 |
| 15 | Maryland | Big Ten | 8-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | SEC | 6-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| 17 | Michigan | Big Ten | 7-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 18 | Ole Miss | SEC | 5-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 |
| 19 | Richmond | Atlantic 10 | 8-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| 20 | Kentucky | SEC | 7-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 |
| 21 | North Carolina | ACC | 7-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 |
| 22 | Mississippi St. | SEC | 8-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 5-0 |
| 23 | Alabama | SEC | 8-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 7-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 |
| 25 | California | ACC | 7-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 |
