Iowa women's basketball jumps to No. 2 in latest AP poll
For the second time this season, the Iowa women's basketball team finds itself one step away from being the top-ranked team in the country.
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Iowa (21-2, 10-1 in Big Ten play) jumped from No. 3 to No. 2 in Monday's edition of the AP Top 25 poll, thanks to a pair of road wins:
- Wednesday: Iowa 110, Northwestern 74
- Saturday: Iowa 93, Maryland 85
Ahead of the Hawkeyes, previously-No. 2 Kansas State went 0-2 last week with All-American Ayoka Lee sidelined for the fifth consecutive game.
Kansas State and Iowa have jockeyed for position in the poll all season thanks to similar records and a pair of close games against each other — Kansas State won at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 65-58, in the Hawkeyes' fourth game of the season, and Iowa got revenge less than two weeks later with a 77-70 win in the Gulf Coast Showcase.
South Carolina is No. 1 for the 13th consecutive week after winning two games to remain undefeated.
Women's basketball AP Top 25 rankings: Monday, Feb. 5, 2024
- South Carolina 21-0
- Iowa 21-2
- North Carolina State 19-2
- Colorado 19-3
- Ohio State 19-3
- Stanford 20-3
- Texas 21-3
- Kansas State 20-3
- UCLA 17-4
- USC 16-4
- UConn 19-4
- Notre Dame 17-4
- LSU 19-4
- Indiana 18-3
- Louisville 19-3
- Virginia Tech 18-4
- Oregon State 17-3
- Baylor 17-4
- Gonzaga 22-2
- Utah 17-6
- Creighton 18-3
- West Virginia 19-2
- Syracuse 18-4
- Oklahoma 15-6
- Princeton 17-3