{"id":129282,"date":"2026-01-19T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129282\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:56:06","slug":"baylor-tcu-rise-oklahoma-texas-tech-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129282\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor, TCU rise; Oklahoma, Texas Tech fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa cracked the top 10 for the first time in two years and UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press Top 25 women\u2019s basketball poll<\/a> released Monday.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes last were ranked this high in the final poll of Caitlin Clark\u2019s senior year. They had been as high as 11th a few times this season.<\/p>\n

UConn received all 30 first-place ballots from a national media panel as the top six teams in the poll were unchanged from a week earlier. The Huskies have won 34 consecutive games dating back to last season. UConn hosted former Big East rival Notre Dame late Monday; the Fighting Irish fell out of the poll this week.<\/p>\n

No. 2 South Carolina and No. 3 UCLA were next. Texas<\/a> remained fourth despite losing to South Carolina 68-65<\/a> last week. Vanderbilt and LSU were next while Michigan moved up a spot to seventh with Louisville, TCU<\/a> and Iowa rounding out the top 10. Each team climbed one place after Kentucky lost to Mississippi State on Sunday. The Wildcats fell four spots to 11th.<\/p>\n

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Conference supremacy<\/p>\n

The SEC has nine teams in the Top 25 for the second straight week. The Big Ten is next with seven as Washington re-entered the poll this week and Illinois fell out. The Big 12 has five ranked teams after West Virginia returned to the rankings. The ACC has two while the Big East and Ivy League each have one.<\/p>\n

RANKSCHOOL (1ST VOTES)RECORDPOINTSPREVIOUS1UConn (30)18-075012South Carolina19-171523UCLA17-169234Texas19-264545Vanderbilt18-063856LSU17-259667Michigan15-255688Louisville18-353799TCU18-15031010Iowa16-24631111Kentucky17-3430712Ohio State16-24281413Michigan State17-23581514Baylor17-33461815Maryland17-33451216Oklahoma14-42971317Tennessee13-32792018Ole Miss16-42311619Texas Tech19-12191720Princeton15-11762221Duke13-6122NR22West Virginia15-459NR23Alabama17-3492124Nebraska14-4482425Washington14-443NR<\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 42, Illinois 42, Notre Dame 37, Georgia 36, Oklahoma St. 34, Iowa St. 12, Rode Island 9, Syracuse 4, NC State 4, Fairfield 2, N Dakota St 1, Minnesota 1, Utah 1.<\/p>\n

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