South Carolina remains third in AP Women’s Top 25
South Carolina remained No. 3 in the Associated Press Women’s Top 25 on Monday after finishing the SEC tournament with its second consecutive championship.
The Gamecocks (31-1) finished a perfect league season, becoming only the second team in SEC history to go 19-0.
USC is still behind unbeaten Connecticut and No. 2 Notre Dame. The Gamecocks and Fighting Irish have each lost to the Huskies. Notre Dame won the ACC tournament title but has been behind USC in each of the NCAA’s last two rankings of the Top 10 teams in America, seemingly paving the way for USC to be the No. 1 seed in the Lexington NCAA Regional.
The NCAA tournament pairings will be announced in one week.
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AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. UConn (32) | 31-0 | 800 | 1 |
2. Notre Dame | 31-1 | 753 | 2 |
3. South Carolina | 31-1 | 748 | 3 |
4. Baylor | 32-1 | 706 | 4 |
5. Maryland | 30-3 | 672 | 5 |
6. Oregon State | 28-4 | 630 | 8 |
7. Texas | 28-3 | 614 | 6 |
8. Louisville | 25-7 | 557 | 7 |
9. Ohio State | 24-7 | 498 | 9 |
10. UCLA | 24-8 | 472 | 12 |
11. Arizona State | 25-6 | 444 | 10 |
12. Kentucky | 23-7 | 428 | 13 |
13. Stanford | 24-7 | 390 | 11 |
14. Syracuse | 25-7 | 386 | 17 |
15. Mississippi State | 26-7 | 370 | 16 |
16. Michigan State | 24-8 | 328 | 19 |
17. Florida State | 23-7 | 303 | 14 |
18. DePaul | 25-7 | 270 | 18 |
19. Texas A&M | 21-9 | 254 | 15 |
20. Miami | 24-8 | 217 | 21 |
21. South Florida | 23-8 | 165 | 20 |
22. Colorado State | 28-1 | 119 | 22 |
23. West Virginia | 24-9 | 100 | 22 |
24. Oklahoma | 21-10 | 70 | 24 |
25. Florida | 22-8 | 27 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 17, George Washington 11, Army 9, BYU 9, James Madison 8, Washington 7, Oklahoma State 6, UTEP 5, Tennessee 3, Belmont 2, Albany 1, Princeton 1
CLONINGER’S TOP 25
1. Connecticut
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. Baylor
5. Maryland
6. Oregon State
7. Texas
8. Louisville
9. Ohio State
10. UCLA
11. Kentucky
12. Mississippi State
13. Arizona State
14. Stanford
15. Florida State
16. Syracuse
17. Texas A&M
18. South Florida
19. DePaul
20. Miami
21. Michigan State
22. Oklahoma
23. West Virginia
24. Colorado State
25. Oklahoma State