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Texas rises to No. 1 in the AP Poll for the first time since 2004

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For the first time in 21 years, Texas is the No. 1 team in the AP poll.

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The Texas Longhorns (26-2, 12-1 SEC) moved from No. 2 to their position as the top-ranked team in the poll released Monday. Previous No. 1 Notre Dame, who defeated the Longhorns 80-70 in overtime on December 5, lost in double-overtime at NC State on Sunday and dropped to No. 3.

The Longhorns collected 19 first-place votes. No. 2 UCLA received 11 first-place votes. No. 4 USC earned one first-place vote.

This is the first time in Vic Schaefer‘s career that one of his teams has had the No. 1 by its name. Texas’ previous No. 2 standing ties a ranking Schaefer achieved while at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs were ranked No. 2 for most of the final month of the 2017-18 season on their way to a national runner-up finish to the Fighting Irish.

The last time Texas was No. 2 was also in 2017-18, when Karen Aston’s Longhorns started the season ranked No. 2 and spent the first portion of the season just behind the Connecticut Huskies.

Texas’ previous No. 1 ranking was during the 2003-04 season. With Jody Conradt as head coach and led by Tiffany Jackson-Jones, Heather Schreiber, Stacy Stephens, and Jamie Carey, the Longhorns were atop the poll for two weeks.

The 2024-25 Longhorns are led by superstar Madison Booker plus Taylor Jones, Rori Harmon, and Kyla Oldacre. Texas’ sole loss in SEC play, a 67-50 loss at South Carolina, was avenged a few weeks later with a 66-62 victory in Austin.

Other SEC teams in the women’s AP Poll included No. 6 South Carolina, No. 7 LSU, No. 11 Tennessee, No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 15 Kentucky, and No. 20 Alabama.

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Women’s AP Top 25

  1. Texas Longhorns (19)
  2. UCLA Bruins (11)
  3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  4. USC Trojans (1)
  5. UConn Huskies
  6. South Carolina Gamecocks
  7. LSU Tigers
  8. North Carolina Tar Heels
  9. NC State Wolf Pack
  10. TCU Horned Frogs
  11. Tennessee Lady Volunteers
  12. Ohio State Buckeyes
  13. Oklahoma Sooners
  14. Kansas State Wildcats
  15. Kentucky Wildcats
  16. Duke Blue Devils
  17. Baylor Bears
  18. West Virginia Mountaineers
  19. Maryland Terrapins
  20. Alabama Crimson Tide
  21. Oklahoma State Cowgirls
  22. Creighton Bluejays
  23. Michigan State Spartans
  24. Florida State Seminoles
  25. Louisville Cardinals

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