South Carolina women’s basketball leapfrogs Texas in latest Top 25
South Carolina women’s basketball has moved in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time in over a month.
Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks (17-1, 4-0 SEC) are ranked No. 2 in Monday’s poll.
South Carolina has been No. 3 in the rankings for the last six weeks (five polls). The Gamecocks opened the season at No. 2 and stayed there until they were beaten by Texas on Nov. 27.
As fate would have it, South Carolina moved up in this week’s AP poll as a result of Texas’ loss to then-No. 12 LSU on Sunday. Texas dropped to No. 4 and LSU rose to No. 6 in Monday’s poll.
The top five teams in women’s college basketball are currently: No. 1 UConn, No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Texas and No. 5 Vanderbilt.
South Carolina and Texas (18-1, 3-1 SEC) will play a rematch of their November contest this week. Colonial Life Arena will play host to a top-five matchup between the Gamecocks and Longhorns on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
The latest AP Top 25 poll
1) UConn
2) South Carolina
3) UCLA
4) Texas
5) Vanderbilt
6) LSU
7) Kentucky
8) Michigan
9) Louisville
10) TCU
11) Iowa
12) Maryland
13) Oklahoma
14) Ohio State
15) Michigan State
16) Ole miss
17) Texas Tech
18) Baylor
19) Iowa State
20) Tennessee
21) Alabama
22) Princeton
23) Notre Dame
24) Nebraska
25) Illinois
This story was originally published January 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM.
