NEW YORK (AP) – Oregon’s four-year run in the Top 25 ended on Monday when the Beavers left the Associated Press women’s basketball survey for the first time since 2016.
Below is the complete Top 25 of AP:
|
CLASSIFICATION |
TEAM |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford (26) | 6-0 | 742 | 1 |
| two | Louisville (1) | 5-0 | 693 | two |
| 3 | Connecticut (1) | 4-0 | 676 | 3 |
| 4 | North Carolina State (2) | 8-0 | 674 | 4 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 5-1 | 641 | 5 |
| 6 | Arizona | 6-0 | 600 | 6 |
| 7 | Baylor | 7-1 | 558 | T-7 |
| 8 | Oregon | 6-0 | 557 | T-7 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 8-0 | 491 | 10 |
| 10 | UCLA | 5-1 | 461 | 11 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 8-1 | 435 | 12 |
| 12 | Mississippi state | 5-1 | 417 | 13 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 7-1 | 391 | 9 |
| 14 | Maryland | 5-1 | 381 | 14 |
| 15 | Northwest | 3-0 | 325 | 16 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 4-0 | 255 | 17 |
| 17 | Michigan | 5-0 | 248 | 19 |
| 18 | DePaul | 4-2 | 203 | 24 |
| 19 | Indiana | 3-2 | 175 | 15 |
| T-20 | Texas | 5-1 | 168 | 22 |
| T-20 | South Florida | 4-1 | 168 | 23 |
| 22 | Syracuse | 5-1 | 107 | 18 |
| 23 | Gonzaga | 4-2 | 82 | 25 |
| 24 | Missouri State | 4-2 | 76 | 20 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 6-0 | 55 | NR |
The Beavers had the seventh longest active streak, ranking for 76 consecutive weeks, dating back to December 19, 2016. Oregon State lost its only game last week, falling to Washington State and exiting the poll 21st place.
While the beaver streak ended, Stanford remained in first place for the third consecutive week. Tara VanDerveer became the most successful coach in women’s basketball history, overtaking the late Pat Summitt, with her 1,099th win. VanDerveer scored his 1,100th victory on Saturday, beating Southern Cal. The cardinal visits UCLA No. 10 on Monday night.
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Stanford received 26 of the 30 first-place votes from a media panel. Louisville, UConn, the state of North Carolina and South Carolina followed the cardinal again in the vote. Connecticut holds the longest active ranking sequence, with 515 consecutive Top 25 appearances.
Arizona, Baylor, Oregon, Texas A&M and UCLA complete the top 10 teams in the survey.
Kentucky lost its first game of the season, falling to then No. 24 DePaul. The Wildcats dropped to 13th position, while the Blue Demons climbed to 18th position.
The state of Michigan replaced the state of Oregon in the vote, ranking 25th.
Here is some other information from this week’s Top 25:
INCREASE COMPETITION
Baylor played three games in four days last week, winning by an average of 73 points, including consecutive wins of 93 points, and will take a vacation break before visiting TCU on January 2, followed by No. 3 UConn at home five days later.
“We are going to eliminate these last three games because we are going to play against more talented teams,” said coach Kim Mulkey. “This is not a criticism of these teams. It is just what we know when you arrive at the conference how difficult it is. And then, when you take the elite program that is Connecticut, we know what we are up against with these guys. “
IN THE BREAK
Louisville, which is in second place, is still on pause because of the coronavirus. The Cardinals last played on December 9 against Duke and will play against Blue Devils again on December 31. They had their games postponed against North Carolina, the state of Florida and Miami. The Cardinals were not the only Top 25 team on break last week. Ohio State No. 16 and Michigan State No. 17 are also paused because of problems with COVID-19. The Buckeyes had their game against Iowa postponed, as well as Maryland and Michigan State. The Wolverines had to postpone games against Illinois and Penn State.
GOING STREAKING
There is a long way to go behind UConn in the list of active strings. Baylor is runner-up with 325 consecutive weeks. Maryland won its 200th consecutive ranking on Monday. South Carolina (157), Mississippi State (120) and Louisville (93) are the only other teams that have had more active strings than Oregon State.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Indiana, Syracuse and Missouri State dropped four places this week to No. 19, 22 and 24, respectively, after losing games last week to Tennessee, North Carolina and South Dakota. After DePaul’s rise to No. 18, South Florida made the biggest climb, winning three positions to No. 20.