Texas Cracks Top Three in Latest Women’s Basketball AP Poll
The Big 12 had five teams make the AP Top 25 Women’s Basketball Top 25, released on Monday after Week 16 of the season and with one week remaining in conference play.
League play is headed into the home stretch, with all teams facing two more games in the next seven days before the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City.
Those teams included:
Texas at No. 3 (No. 5 last week);
Kansas State at No. 15 (No. 10 last week);
Oklahoma at No. 20 (No. 23 last week).
Baylor at No. 21 (No. 24 last week);
West Virginia at No. 24 (No. 22 last week);
Texas (26-3, 13-3) is riding an eight-game winning streak after wins over Texas Tech (77-72) and UCF (87-56). The Longhorns travel to Norman to face Oklahoma on Wednesday and with a win can draw into a first-place tie in the Big 12 standings. Texas ends the regular season at home on Saturday against BYU.
Kansas State (23-5, 12-4) split last week, beating West Virginia in overtime, 73-64, and then losing to Kansas, 58-55. Kansas State wraps up the final week of Big 12 play with a home game against Iowa State on Wednesday and a road trip to Texas Tech on Saturday.
Oklahoma (20-7, 14-2) swept last week’s games, beating Cincinnati, 95-87, and Oklahoma State, 91-56. The Sooners have a one-game lead on Texas in the Big 12 standings and can clinch the outright regular-season title with a win over Texas on Wednesday. OU travels to Kansas to end Big 12 play on Saturday.
Baylor (21-6, 10-6) has won three straight after wins over Kansas (69-61) and West Virginia (66-65) last week. The Bears travel to Cincinnati on Tuesday and then host Oklahoma State on Sunday in the final game of the regular season.
West Virginia (22-5, 11-5) lost both games last week, both to ranked teams. WVU fell to Kansas State in overtime, 73-64, and then to Baylor, 66-65. The Mountaineers wrap up the season with a road trip to Oklahoma State on Tuesday and then a home game against TCU on Saturday.
AP Top 25 Women’s Poll for Feb. 26
No. 1 South Carolina
No. 2 Ohio State
No. 3 Texas
No. 4 Stanford
No. 5 Virginia Tech
No. 6 Iowa
No. 7 USC
No. 8 UCLA
No. 9 LSU
No. 10 UConn
No. 11 Oregon State
No. 12 NC State
No. 13 Colorado
No. 14 Indiana
No. 15 Kansas State
No. 16 Gonzaga
No. 17 Notre Dame
No. 18 Utah
No. 19 Syracuse
No. 20 Oklahoma
No. 21 Baylor
No. 22 Louisville
No. 23 Creighton
No. 24 (tie) West Virginia
No. 24 (tie) UNLV
Big 12 Teams Receiving Votes: None
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