The final rankings before the NCAA Tournament are set, with several major conference tournaments shaking up this week’s women’s basketball poll. Rank Team Points Trend 1 7 South Carolina 175 – 2 Indiana 161 – 3 LSU 156 – 4 Utah 144 +1 T-5 Stanford 137 -1 T-5 Iowa 137 +1 7 UConn 130 +1 8 Maryland 126 -1 9 Virginia Tech 120 – 10 … Continue reading WBB Week 16: Conference tournaments shape rankings

An exciting regular season drew to an end Sunday afternoon, headlined by Caitlin Clark’s buzzer-beater to give Iowa an upset win over Indiana. Rank Team Points Trend 1 7 South Carolina 175 – 2 Indiana 166 – T-3 Stanford 150 – T-3 LSU 150 +1 5 Utah 148 +1 6 Iowa 142 +1 7 Maryland 139 +1 8 UConn 123 -3 9 Virginia Tech 122 … Continue reading WBB Week 15: Regular season draws to close

This week’s WBB rankings remain largely the same, as teams begin to clinch regular season conference championships and gear up for conference tournaments in the coming weeks. Rank Team Points Trend 1 8 South Carolina 200 – 2 Indiana 192 – 3 Stanford 181 – 4 LSU 171 – 5 UConn 170 – 6 Utah 152 +1 7 Iowa 150 -1 8 Maryland 142 – … Continue reading WBB Week 14: Polls avoid major shakeup as regular season nears end

A sold-out crowd in Columbia saw South Carolina take down LSU for the Tigers’ first loss of the season on Sunday. South Carolina remains No. 1 in the WBB poll, while LSU dropped to No. 4. Rank Team Points Trend 1 8 South Carolina 200 – 2 Indiana 192 – 3 Stanford 177 +2 4 LSU 167 -1 5 UConn 159 -1 6 Iowa 156 … Continue reading WBB Week 13: South Carolina stays No. 1 after win over LSU

Another week, another win for undefeated South Carolina, this time coming on the road against UConn in a rematch of the 2022 National Championship Game. Rank Team Points Trend 1 10 South Carolina 250 – 2 Indiana 231 +2 3 LSU 230 – 4 UConn 214 +1 5 Stanford 213 -3 6 Iowa 198 – 7 Utah 193 – 8 Maryland 172 +2 9 Duke … Continue reading WBB Week 12: South Carolina stays No. 1 after win at UConn

An exciting week in WBB sees movement among Big Ten teams, as Indiana and Iowa move up to No. 4 and No. 6, Ohio State fall to No. 8 and Purdue enter the rankings at No. 25. Rank Team Points Trend 1 10 South Carolina 250 – 2 Stanford 231 +1 3 LSU 227 +1 4 Indiana 224 +2 5 UConn 213 – 6 Iowa … Continue reading WBB Week 11: Indiana, Iowa headline six ranked Big Ten teams

After falling to No. 5 in last week’s rankings following an upset loss to USC, Stanford is back up to No. 3 in this week’s SMP women’s basketball rankings, behind undefeateds South Carolina and Ohio State. Rank Team Points Trend 1 10 South Carolina 250 – 2 Ohio State 238 – 3 Stanford 223 +2 4 LSU 216 -1 5 UConn 211 -1 6 Indiana … Continue reading WBB Week 10: Stanford rebounds to No. 3

Stanford’s upset loss to USC sees the Cardinal fall three spots to No. 5, while Ohio State takes their previously-held No. 2 ranking. Five new teams enter the rankings this week. Rank Team Points Trend 1 9 South Carolina 225 – 2 Ohio State 216 +1 3 LSU 198 +2 4 UConn 193 – T-5 Indiana 190 +1 T-5 Stanford 190 -3 T-7 Utah 164 … Continue reading WBB Week 9: Ohio State rises to No. 2 following Stanford loss

A dominant start to Big East Conference play sees UConn continue its season-long rise in the rankings up to No. 4. Arkansas and a pair of Floridian schools, Florida State and South Florida, enter the rankings. Rank Team Points Trend 1 7 South Carolina 175 – 2 Stanford 166 – 3 Ohio State 158 – 4 UConn 150 +1 5 LSU 144 +2 6 Indiana … Continue reading WBB Week 8: UConn rises to No. 4

Another week, another No. 1 ranking in the women’s basketball poll for South Carolina. Another undefeated, St. John’s, enters the rankings this week at No. 25. Rank Team Points Trend 1 7 South Carolina 175 – 2 Stanford 167 – 3 Ohio State 159 +1 4 Notre Dame 155 +1 5 UConn 143 +3 6 Indiana 125 -3 7 LSU 115 +3 8 Virginia Tech … Continue reading WBB Week 7: South Carolina remains No. 1, undefeated St. John’s enters rankings