Ohio State Climbs To No. 2, Stanford Up To No. 3 Behind Unbeaten South Carolina In Women’s AP Top 25 – News18

Ohio State is as much as No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 ladies’s basketball ballot, matching the perfect rating at school historical past.

The Buckeyes, who have been fifth final week, have received 11 straight video games and their solely losses this season have come to USC, UCLA and Michigan. The Buckeyes began as No. 7 within the preseason ballot earlier than falling to twentieth on Jan. 1. They have been 18th on Jan. 15 and have been on the rise ever since.

South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 selection, grabbing all 35 first-place votes once more in Monday’s ballot after routing Missouri and then-No. 11 UConn. The Gamecocks did it with out star middle Kamilla Cardoso, who was enjoying for Brazil within the Olympic qualifying event.

Stanford moved up three locations to No. 3. Iowa dropped to fourth and Texas climbed to fifth.

It’s the sixth consecutive week that there’s a unique No. 2 workforce within the ballot after Iowa blew a double-digit result in Nebraska on Sunday. Caitlin Clark, who’s eight factors wanting the NCAA file for profession scoring, was scoreless within the fourth quarter.

The Hawkeyes weren’t the one prime 5 workforce to lose final week. N.C. State dropped three spots to sixth after falling to Virginia Tech. Colorado fell 4 spots to eighth after a loss at house to Oregon State. Kansas State remained seventh.

UCLA and USC stayed in ninth and tenth.

This is the primary time since Week 9 of final season that no new workforce entered the ballot.

Oregon State made the most important leap, transferring up six spots to eleventh after sweeping Utah and Colorado. The Beavers are at present third within the Pac-12 standings behind Stanford and the Buffaloes. They have received 5 straight and host UCLA and USC this week.

The six completely different groups within the No. 2 spot is uncommon, although there was a stretch in 2021 when a unique workforce held the spot for seven straight weeks. This season, UCLA and Iowa each held the spot twice earlier than dropping. Kansas State had the slot for every week earlier than a loss. It’s Ohio State’s flip. The Buckeyes had a two-week run at No. 2 final 12 months in January earlier than dropping. Ohio State hosts Nebraska this week.

No. 18 Louisville completed off a tough a part of its schedule that noticed the Cardinals face 4 consecutive Top 25 groups. They went 2-2 towards them after falling to Syracuse on Sunday. Jeff Walz’s workforce cut up two video games with the Orange sandwiched round a loss to N.C. State and victory over Notre Dame.

The Pac-12, which has been essentially the most dominant convention to this point this season, has 5 groups within the first 11 and 6 ranked within the Top 25 general. The ACC and Big 12 are subsequent with 5 groups every. The Big 12 has three and the Big East and SEC every have two. The Ivy and West Coast every have one.

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