UConn, Texas, South Carolina and UCLA all cruised to simple victories to stay atop The Related Press Prime 25 girls’s basketball ballot launched Monday.
The Huskies routed then-No. 11 Iowa within the Ladies’s Champions Traditional on Saturday to remain unbeaten and maintain on to No. 1 spot within the Prime 25. UConn obtained 25 first-place ballots from the 32-member nationwide media panel. Texas acquired the opposite seven to remain No. 2 within the closing ballot of the calendar yr. The following ballot will probably be launched Jan. 5.
Texas Tech (14-0) entered the ballot for the primary time since 2012 after beating then-No. 15 Baylor 61-60 on Sunday. The win over the Bears was the Pink Raiders’ first over a ranked opponent this season and dropped Baylor to twenty second. It additionally was Texas Tech’s first win over Baylor since 2011.
The highest seven groups remained unchanged with South Carolina and UCLA following Texas. LSU, Michigan and Maryland had been subsequent. Oklahoma and TCU had been tied for eighth with Iowa State tenth after a last-second victory over Kansas.
Right here is the total prime 25:
25. Princeton, 11-1, Ivy
24. Michigan State, 10-1, Huge Ten
23. Tennessee, 7-3, SEC
22. Baylor, 11-3, Huge 12
21. Texas Tech, 14-0, Huge 12
20. Nebraska, 12-0, Huge Ten
19. Ohio State, 10-1, Huge Ten
18. Notre Dame, 9-2, ACC
17. USC, 9-3, Huge Ten
16. North Carolina, 11-3, ACC
15. Ole Miss, 12-1, SEC
14. Iowa, 10-2, Huge Ten
13. Louisville, 12-3, ACC
12. Vanderbilt, 12-0, SEC
11. Kentucky, 12-1, SEC
10. Iowa State, 13-0, Huge 12
T8. Oklahoma, 11-1, SEC
T8. TCU, 13-0, Huge 12
7. Maryland, 13-0, Huge Ten
6. Michigan, 10-1, Huge Ten
5. LSU, 13-0, SEC
4. UCLA, 11-1, Huge Ten
3. South Carolina, 12-1, SEC
2. Texas, 14-0, SEC
1. UConn, 12-0, Huge East
Louisville climbed up three spots to No. 13 after routing then-No. 17 Tennessee. The Girl Vols fell to twenty third. The Cardinals have received six straight video games.
Unbeatens and winless groups
There are 12 undefeated girls’s basketball groups left by Sunday: Alabama, Arizona State, Texas and Texas Tech are 14-0. Georgia, Iowa State, LSU, Maryland and TCU are 13-0. Nebraska, UConn and Vanderbilt are 12-0.
9 groups are nonetheless on the lookout for their first win, together with three from the Northeast Convention (Central Connecticut, Mercyhurst and Saint Francis). Becoming a member of them are Niagara, Lengthy Seashore State, Valparaiso, New Orleans, Florida A&M and Louisiana-Lafayette.
Convention supremacy
With Washington dropping out of the Prime 25 , the Huge Ten and Southeastern Convention every have eight ranked groups. The Huge 12 is subsequent with 4 and the ACC has three. The Huge East and Ivy League every have one ranked workforce.
Sport of the week
Groups are off for the vacations till Sunday when No. 4 UCLA visits No. 21 Ohio State as the one matchup between ranked groups that day.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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