No. 10 Kansas State Falls Three Spots in Latest Women’s Basketball AP Poll
The Big 12 saw five teams make the AP Top 25 Women’s Basketball Top 25, released on Monday after Week 15 of the season and with two weeks remaining in conference play.
League play is headed into the home stretch, with all teams facing four games in the next two weeks before the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City.
Those teams included:
Texas at No. 5 (No. 5 last week);
Kansas State at No. 10 (No. 7 last week);
West Virginia at No. 22 (No. 24 last week);
Oklahoma at No. 23 (No. 23 last week);
Baylor at No. 24 (No. 21 last week);
Texas (24-3, 11-3) won both games last week, defeating Houston, 82-66, and Iowa State, 81-60. The Longhorns have a six-game winning streak going into Wednesday’s home game against Texas Tech and Saturday’s road trip to UCF.
Kansas State (22-4, 11-3) split last week, falling to Iowa State in double overtime, 96-93, and beat UCF, 60-58. The Wildcats host West Virginia on Wednesday and then travel to Kansas on Sunday.
West Virginia (22-3, 11-3) won both games last week, defeating TCU, 77-52, and Oklahoma, 70-66. The Mountaineers travel to Kansas State on Wednesday and host Baylor on Saturday.
Oklahoma (18-7, 12-2) split for the week, beating Baylor, 84-73, and then falling to West Virginia, 70-66. The Sooners are at Cincinnati on Tuesday and at home against Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Baylor (19-6, 8-6) split for the week, as the Bears lost to Oklahoma, 84-73, and defeated Texas Tech, 61-32. The Bears host Kansas on Wednesday and travel to West Virginia on Saturday.
AP Top 25 Women’s Poll for Feb. 19
No. 1 South Carolina
No. 2 Ohio State
No. 3 Stanford
No. 4 Iowa
No. 5 Texas
No. 6 NC State
No. 7 USC
No. 8 Virginia Tech
No. 9 Oregon State
No. 10 Kansas State
No. 11 Colorado
No. 12 UCLA
No. 13 LSU
No. 14 Indiana
No. 15 UConn
No. 16 Gonzaga
No. 17 Syracuse
No. 18 Utah
No. 19 Notre Dame
No. 20 Louisville
No. 21 Creighton
No. 22 West Virginia
No. 23 Oklahoma
No. 24 Baylor
No. 25 Princeton
Big 12 Teams Receiving Votes: None
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