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USA Today
07-04-2025
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- USA Today
Where Alabama ranks in final 2024-25 women's basketball AP Poll Top 25
Where Alabama ranks in final 2024-25 women's basketball AP Poll Top 25 In what was the final update of the 2024-25 season, the Alabama Crimson Tide's spot has been revealed in the latest women's college basketball AP Poll Top 25. Released on Monday afternoon, Alabama rose a total of one spot in the final women's AP Poll this season, as the Crimson Tide now sit at No. 20 nationally to conclude the year. This ranking is similar to Alabama's standing in the final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll, which saw the Crimson Tide ranked No. 21 nationally in the final update Monday. Carrying a ranking of No. 21 entering the NCAA Tournament, Alabama went 1-1 during March Madness, with the win coming via an 81-67 victory over No. 12 seed Green Bay in the first round. Alabama, a No. 5 seed, however saw their season come to an end in the round of 32 with a 111-108 double overtime loss to No. 4 seeded Maryland. As a result, the Crimson Tide officially concluded the 2024-25 season with a 24-9 overall record. Contact/Follow us @RollTideWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Alabama news, notes and opinion.
USA Today
07-04-2025
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- USA Today
Oklahoma just outside top 10 in final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
Oklahoma just outside top 10 in final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll The Oklahoma Sooners finished the 2024-2025 season in the Sweet 16, falling to the eventual national champion, UConn Huskies. It was a strong year for Jennie Baranczyk's crew in their first season in the SEC, but OU ran into one of the greatest to ever play the game in Paige Bueckers. Though they couldn't pull off the upset and advance to the Elite 8, the Sooners picked up several big-time wins along the way, including Top 25 victories over Louisville, Michigan, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky. The Sooners knocked off Iowa in the NCAA Tournament in dominating fashion to advance to the Sweet 16. With their strong finish to the season, a run that included a stretch where the Oklahoma Sooners won nine games in a row spanning the end of the regular season and the SEC Tournament, OU landed just outside the top 10 in the final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. The Sooners were the fourth highest ranked SEC team coming in behind South Carolina at No. 2, No. 4 Texas, and No. 8 LSU. The Sooners just missed out on the top 10, one spot behind North Carolina State. The Wolfpack missed out on the Elite 8 as well, losing to LSU in the Sweet 16. For the Sooners, it was a season that could propel them to greater heights moving forward. OU will bring back four of five starters, including Raegan Beers, Peyton Verhulst, and Sahara Williams. The Sooners will also be add the No. 1 high school prospect in America, Aaliyah Chavez, who chose the Sooners over Texas, South Carolina, Texas Tech, and LSU. Though it wasn't quite the season the Sooners would have envisioned for themselves, their success in 2024-2025 helped set the bar higher moving forward. Here's a look at the final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. Rank Team Record 1 UConn Huskies 37-3 2 South Carolina Gamecocks 35-4 3 UCLA Bruins 34-3 4 Texas Longhorns 35-4 5 USC Trojans 31-4 6 TCU Horned Frogs 34-4 7 Duke Blue Devils 29-8 8 LSU Tigers 31-6 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28-6 10 North Carolina State Wolfpack 28-7 11 Oklahoma Sooners 27-8 12 North Carolina Tar Heels 29-8 13 Kentucky Wildcats 23-8 14 Maryland Terrapins 25-8 15 Kansas State Wildcats 28-8 16 Tennessee Volunteers 24-10 17 Ohio State Buckeyes 26-7 18 Baylor Bears 28-8 19 West Virginia Mountaineers 25-8 20 Ole Miss Rebels 22-11 21 Alabama Crimson Tide 24-9 22 Oklahoma State Cowgirls 25-7 23 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 30-4 24 Florida State Seminoles 24-9 25 Creighton Blue Jays 26-7 Others Receiving Votes Richmond 22; Michigan State 13; Iowa 11; Michigan 8; Louisville 6; Minnesota 5; FGCU 4; James Madison 3; Indiana 2; George Mason 2; Iowa State 1; Columbia 1; List Of Voters The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2024-25 season: Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens University; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton Del Rosario, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Cindy Fisher, San Diego; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Johnnie Harris, Auburn; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Renee Jimenez, UC Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Missy Traversi, Army; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Way Veney, Central Connecticut State; Coquese Washington, Rutgers. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow John on X @john9williams.
Yahoo
04-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Oklahoma Sooners drop in latest USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
The Oklahoma Sooners have lost two top 15 matchups in a row, falling to the LSU Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats and dropped four spots in this week's USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. The Sooners are 16-6 on the season and 4-5 in SEC play with seven games remaining. The top of the Coaches Poll remained the same as last week with the UCLA Bruins, South Carolina Gamecocks, and Notre Dame Fighting Irish occupying the top three spots. LSU, UConn, and Texas each moved up one spot while the USC Trojans dropped three after their loss to Iowa last week. Oklahoma has a chance to get back on track and back to .500 in conference play when they take on Ole Miss on Thursday evening. As things stand, the Sooners have just two games in the regular season remaining against ranked opponents: No. 23 Alabama and No. 24 Vanderbilt. Ranking Team Record Points 1 UCLA 21-0 773 (29) 2 South Carolina 21-1 744 (2) 3 Notre Dame 19-2 708 4 LSU 23-1 656 5 UConn 21-2 648 6 Texas 22-2 638 7 USC 19-2 577 8 Ohio State 20-1 566 9 TCU 21-2 524 10 Kansas State 21-2 478 11 Kentucky 19-2 454 12 Duke 17-5 400 13 North Carolina 20-4 399 14 North Carolina State 18-4 382 15 Maryland 17-5 298 16 Oklahoma 16-6 297 17 Tennessee 16-5 256 18 West Virginia 17-4 250 19 Georgia Tech 18-4 221 20 Michigan State 18-4 184 21 California 19-4 179 22 Florida State 18-4 138 23 Alabama 18-5 92 24 Vanderbilt 18-5 50 25 South Dakota State 19-3 35 This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Oklahoma drops in USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
USA Today
04-02-2025
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- USA Today
Oklahoma Sooners drop in latest USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
Oklahoma Sooners drop in latest USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll The Oklahoma Sooners have lost two top 15 matchups in a row, falling to the LSU Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats and dropped four spots in this week's USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. The Sooners are 16-6 on the season and 4-5 in SEC play with seven games remaining. The top of the Coaches Poll remained the same as last week with the UCLA Bruins, South Carolina Gamecocks, and Notre Dame Fighting Irish occupying the top three spots. LSU, UConn, and Texas each moved up one spot while the USC Trojans dropped three after their loss to Iowa last week. Oklahoma has a chance to get back on track and back to .500 in conference play when they take on Ole Miss on Thursday evening. As things stand, the Sooners have just two games in the regular season remaining against ranked opponents: No. 23 Alabama and No. 24 Vanderbilt. Full USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
USA Today
28-01-2025
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- USA Today
UCLA remains atop USA TODAY Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
Not only have the UCLA Bruins made history by being the longest consecutively-ranked No. 1 school in Big Ten Conference history; coaches around the nation have also taken notice. Once again the Bruins, in their first year in the Big Ten, have taken the top spot in the USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. UCLA grabbed 30 of 31 first place votes, with No. 2 South Carolina earning one vote despite the Gamecocks losing 77-62 when the two schools played in November. UCLA began the season ranked sixth in the coaches poll. The Bruins remained in the six-spot until their win over South Carolina, which bumped the Bruins to No. 2 behind UConn. In early December, UCLA took the top spot in the poll and hasn't relinquished the position over the past nine polls. You don't have to look too far down the poll to find UCLA's conference opponents, with USC sitting at No. 4 and Ohio State at No. 8. Maryland and Michigan State are the only other two Big Ten schools ranked in the poll. Minnesota, which the Bruins will face this Sunday, fell out of the rankings. Before the season began it would have been hard to imagine UCLA's move to the Big Ten going quite as well as it has through the first 20 games, with the Bruins remaining unbeaten and staying atop almost every ranking. It won't be easy to stay there, though. After the Bruins' matchup with Minnesota, they'll face Ohio State on Wednesday at home for another top-10duel.
