{"id":606579,"date":"2026-02-16T17:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/606579\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:14:19","slug":"womens-college-basketball-rankings-ap-top-25-gets-new-look-after-week-15-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/606579\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25\u00a0gets new look\u00a0after Week 15\u00a0schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual, women\u2019s basketball<\/a> delivered fans an entertaining week. On Monday, AP Poll voters released<\/a> their updated women\u2019s college basketball Top 25 rankings.<\/p>\n

Ten ranked teams suffered losses this past weekend alone. With powerhouses such as South Carolina and LSU clashing, fans had no shortage of entertainment.<\/p>\n

Conversely, AP Poll voters had plenty to consider. With so much action to reflect upon, let\u2019s get into the latest women\u2019s college basketball rankings.<\/p>\n

With wins over Creighton and Marquette in Week 15, UConn remained undefeated. The Huskies only appear to be picking up steam as they head into the postseason\u2014a scary proposition for the rest of women\u2019s college basketball.<\/p>\n

In UConn\u2019s 71-56 triumph over Marquette on Saturday, Azzi Fudd led all scorers with 25 points, while shooting 5-8 from beyond the arc. Sarah Strong didn\u2019t trail far behind, piling on 22 points of her own.<\/p>\n

UCLA looked like a well-oiled machine this past week, picking up back-to-back dominant victories. Most recently, the Bruins handed Indiana a 92-48 shellacking on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In the win, UCLA forward Lauren Betts stuffed the stat sheet, tallying 16 points and 14 rebounds. In total, the Bruins reeled in 23 offensive rebounds, compared to the Hoosiers\u2019 mere four.<\/p>\n

South Carolina is currently the team to beat in the SEC. On Saturday, the Gamecocks downed LSU 79-72 in a highly-anticipated top-10 showdown.<\/p>\n

Tessa Johnson led the Gamecocks with 21 points on efficient 4-5 shooting from 3-point range. Raven Johnson was also phenomenal, notching 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n

Texas had a tumultuous week. On Thursday, the Longhorns suffered a stunning 86-70 loss to Vanderbilt. Nonetheless, Texas didn\u2019t allow the loss to fester and bounced back with a 65-63 win over Tennessee on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019 performance was far from perfect. The team didn\u2019t make a single 3-pointer in the win, but scored 40 points in the paint. Texas\u2019 Madison Booker scored a team-high 14 points.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt\u2019s week was the exact opposite of Texas\u2019. After jumpstarting the week with a triumph over the Longhorns, the Commodores fell 76-74 to unranked Georgia on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt was ice-cold in the loss, shooting 37% from the field and 31% from downtown. Vanderbilt\u2019s bench only scored four total points against the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

Michigan won its rivalry game in style this weekend, defeating Michigan State 86-65. The Wolverines\u2019 defense smothered the Spartans, forcing them to commit 24 turnovers.<\/p>\n

Michigan didn\u2019t allow its efforts to go to waste. The Wolverines scored twice as many points off turnovers as Michigan State.<\/p>\n

LSU fell 79-72 to South Carolina on Saturday, but the Tigers showed they\u2019re a capable team. It was a back-and-forth affair before South Carolina ultimately gained control in the second half.<\/p>\n

LSU out-rebounded the Gamecocks and scored more in the fast break. Alas, the Tigers\u2019 couldn\u2019t overcome their 2-12 (17%) shooting from range.<\/p>\n

Since falling to Duke on Feb. 5, Louisville has won three consecutive games by an average margin of 20.3 points per contest. Most recently, the Cardinals soared past Florida State in an 88-65 blowout.<\/p>\n

In no surprise, Louisville\u2019s Laura Ziegler was spectacular, notching 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. The Cardinals\u2019 bench added a combined 43 points to the team\u2019s winning effort.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils have been dominant in the ACC, and they\u2019re showing no signs of stopping. On Sunday, Duke secured a pivotal 72-68 win over in-state rival North Carolina to improve to 14-0 in conference play.<\/p>\n

Free throws were the difference-maker in the game. The Blue Devils scored 17 points at the charity stripe, while North Carolina didn\u2019t shoot a single free throw. Now, Duke is firmly in the top 10 of the women\u2019s basketball rankings.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes suffered a nail-biting 76-75 loss to Maryland on Sunday. Nonetheless, they retained their spot in the top 10.<\/p>\n

Ohio State led the Terrapins by 19 points at one point before ultimately giving away its lead. Jaloni Cambridge collected 29 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the loss.<\/p>\n

11. Oklahoma
12. TCU
13. Iowa
14. Maryland
15. Baylor
16. Kentucky
17. Ole Miss
18. Michigan State
19. West Virginia
20. Texas Tech
21. Tennessee
22. North Carolina
23. Minnesota
24. Georgia
25. Alabama<\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: Rhode Island 41, Washington 22, Princeton 14, Richmond 12, Fairfield 7, N Dakota St 2, Iowa St. 2, Illinois 2, Syracuse 1, Columbia 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As usual, women\u2019s basketball delivered fans an entertaining week. On Monday, AP Poll voters released their updated women\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,231,772,1544,465],"class_list":{"0":"post-606579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-basketball","12":"tag-ncaab","13":"tag-womens-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116081439038449787","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}