Caitlin Clark And Iowa Back Up To No. 2 In AP Top 25 Women’s Poll; South Carolina A Unanimous No. 1 – News18

Caitlin Clark and Iowa climbed again to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 ladies’s basketball ballot Monday because the star guard moved inside placing distance of the NCAA profession scoring file.

It’s the second time in just a few weeks that the Hawkeyes have been second within the ballot, a spot that hasn’t been form to groups the previous month. UCLA, Iowa and Kansas State all took turns within the second place since Jan. 8 and not one of the colleges might maintain that rating for greater than every week at a time.

While No. 2 has been a revolving door these days, South Carolina has maintained a robust grip atop the ballot, as soon as once more the unanimous No. 1 group from a 35-member nationwide media panel.

The Gamecocks (21-0) will host Missouri and No. 11 UConn this week. Dawn Staley’s squad will play these video games with out star heart Kamilla Cardoso, who left for every week to play with the Brazilian nationwide group at an Olympic qualifying match.

Iowa has held the No. 2 spot twice earlier than this season, together with the week of Jan. 15 when the Hawkeyes misplaced to Ohio State.

Clark, who is just 66 factors away from changing into the all-time main scorer in NCAA ladies’s basketball historical past, will try to make it an extended keep this time round. She will lead the Hawkeyes in opposition to Penn State and Nebraska this week with Kelsey Plum’s file in view.

No. 3 North Carolina State, No. 4 Colorado and No. 5 Ohio State adopted Iowa. It’s the Buckeyes’ greatest rating this season.

Stanford fell two spots to sixth after shedding to JuJu Watkins and USC. The phenomenal freshman scored 51 factors in that recreation.

Texas vaulted up 5 locations to seventh after beating Baylor and then-No. 2 Kansas State final week. The Wildcats fell to eighth after additionally shedding to Oklahoma, which entered the ballot at No. 24. UCLA was ninth and USC climbed 5 spots to tenth.

Only as soon as prior to now 15 years has a group been No. 2 all season lengthy: Stanford in 2009-10. It’s been a risky spot these days. In the 2018-19 season, the No. 2 place modified 10 occasions, essentially the most in that span. There have already been seven No. 2 groups this season.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma is one victory away from becoming a member of Tara VanDerveer (1,206) and Mike Krzyzewski (1,202) as the one Division I coaches with 1,200 victories. Auriemma’s first likelihood to succeed in that milestone is Wednesday when the Huskies host Seton Hall.

North Carolina fell out of the rankings this week regardless of shut losses to N.C. State and Virginia Tech. The Tar Heels have misplaced eight video games this season, together with 5 to presently ranked groups (South Carolina, Kansas State, UConn, Virginia Tech and N.C. State). All of these Top 25 losses have been inside 12 factors. They’ve additionally crushed 4 present Top 25 groups (Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Louisville).

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