AP Top 25 Women: Texas Climbs In Top 10
The Big 12 saw three of its teams selected for the AP Top 25 Women’s Basketball Top 25, released on Monday after Week 3 of the season.
Those teams included:
Texas at No. 10 (No. 12 last week);
Baylor at No. 13 (No. 14 last week);
Kansas State at No. 14 (No. 16 last week).
Oklahoma dropped out of the Top 25 (No. 22 last week).
Texas (7-0) won all three of its games at the Paradise Jam last week, beating Arizona State (84-42), High Point (101-39) and South Florida (76-44). The Longhorns host Oral Roberts on Wednesday and then take on their first ranked opponent when they host UConn on Sunday.
Baylor (5-0, with Alcorn win) blew out McNeese, 124-44, and Alcorn State, 93-47, last week to remain undefeated. The Bears play their first road game on Thursday at SMU and then return home to host Oregon on Sunday.
Kansas State (6-0, pending) went to the Gulf Coast Showcase and beat Western Kentucky, 77-61, and ranked North Carolina, 63-56, to set up a rematch with Iowa, a team that the Wildcats beat on Nov. 16 in Iowa City, Iowa. Kansas State ultimately lost, 77-70. The Wildcats return home to host Jackson State on Friday.
Oklahoma (5-2) dropped out of the Top 25 after two losses at the Fort Myers Tip-off in Fort Myers, Fla. OU lost to Princeton, 77-63, and Tennessee, 76-73. OU will host Grambling on Friday.
AP Top 25 Women’s Poll for Nov. 27
No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Iowa, No. 5 NC State, No. 6 USC, No. 7 (tie) LSU, No. 7 (tie) Colorado, No. 9 Virginia Tech, No. 10 Texas, No. 11 UConn, No. 12 Utah, No. 13 Baylor, No. 14 Kansas State, No. 15 Florida State, No. 16 Ohio State, No. 17 Indiana, No. 18 Notre Dame, No. 19 Ole Miss, No. 20 Tennessee, No. 21 Mississippi State, No. 22 Louisville, No. 23 Marquette, No. 24 North Carolina, No. 25 Princeton.
Big 12 Teams Receiving Votes: Oklahoma, 20, BYU, 2.
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