South Carolina women's basketball holds tight to top spot in rankings
Last week, South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley saw her team remain in the top spot in the AP Poll top-25 rankings. However, after a few misguided voters picked Southern Cal and UConn as the nation’s best team during the preseason, the Gamecocks found themselves as the unanimous pick one week into the college basketball season.
Following a 2-0 week that included wins over Coppin State and East Carolina, USC now is 4-0 and owns a scoring margin better than +25. This comes despite Carolina playing shorthanded in two neutral site games against Michigan and then-No. 9 NC State last week. Because of that, it comes as no surprise that South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 team in America. Just as they should have, the Gamecocks picked up all 31 1st-place votes this week.
You can see the entire AP poll below (1st-place votes listed in parentheses):
- South Carolina Gamecocks (31)
- UConn Huskies
- Southern Cal Trojans
- Texas Longhorns
- UCLA Bruins
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- LSU Tigers
- Iowa State Cyclones
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Maryland Terrapins
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- Duke Blue Devils
- Kentucky Wildcats
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Ole Miss Rebels
- Baylor Bears
- TCU Horned Frogs
- NC State Wolfpack
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Illinois Fighting Illini
- Oregon Ducks
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Louisville Cardinals
The next victim…opponent…on the South Carolina women’s basketball schedule is the rival Clemson Tigers. The Gamecocks and Tigers will hit the floor in the Upstate on Wednesday, November 20th. Tip will be at 5:00 p.m. in Littlejohn Coliseum. ESPN2 will broadcast the game, and the ESPN app will make it available for streaming.
