South Carolina women's basketball again earns high spot in AP rankings
Last week, South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley and her Gamecocks pushed up to the No. 2 spot in the updated AP top 25. Only the team that beat them last month, the UCLA Bruins, ranked higher.
The Gamecocks had dropped all the way to the 4th spot following the defeat in Los Angeles. However, a strong stretch of play since then earned USC its top-2 spot in last week’s poll. USC has won its last six games by an average of 31 points per game, including an average margin of victory of 28 points in three wins over top-15 opponents.
That hierarchy remained in place this week. When the latest AP poll dropped on Monday, South Carolina remained at No. 2 behind UCLA. There was plenty of movement behind the Gamecocks and Bruins. Just like last week, the pollsters gave the Gamecocks one 1st place vote.
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You can see the entire AP top 25 below (1st place votes in parentheses):
- UCLA Bruins (30)
- South Carolina Gamecocks (1)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1)
- Southern Cal Trojans
- Texas Longhorns
- LSU Tigers
- UConn Huskies
- Maryland Terrapins
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- TCU Horned Frogs
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- Duke Blue Devils
- Tennessee Lady Volunteers
- Kentucky Wildcats
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- Michigan State Spartans
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Cal Golden Bears
- NC State Wolfpack
- Michigan Wolverines
- Iowa Hawkeyes
- Ole Miss Rebels
This week, South Carolina plays just once because of Christmas break. SEC conference play will begin after the New Year.
This Sunday, December 29th, the Gamecocks will meet up with the in-state Wofford Terriers at Colonial Life Arena. Tip-off will be at 2:00 p.m., and the game will broadcast on SEC Network and stream on the ESPN app.
