Last week it was twos all around. This week it is fours everywhere for the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team. After a loss to Nebraska, the Iowa Hawkeyes find themselves at No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll.
The Hawkeyes are sitting at 22-3 overall, but two of their losses have come in Big Ten play which now has them in second place in the conference with a mark of 11-2. Iowa is right behind No. 2 Ohio State who is 21-3 overall with a 12-1 Big Ten record.
Iowa can rebound this week when they host the Michigan Wolverines in a night that will be electric inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena as Caitlin Clark needs just eight points to claim the crown as the women’s all-time leading scorer.
The top five of this week’s poll sees some new faces as Stanford has climbed to No. 3 and Texas has joined the party at No. 5. The South Carolina Gamecocks are holding steady at No. 1 with a win over UConn this past weekend to move their undefeated record to 23-0.
Here is a look at the full top 25 in the USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll:
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
| 1 | South Carolina | 23-0 | 800 | – |
| 2 | Ohio State | 21-3 | 760 | +3 |
| 3 | Stanford | 22-3 | 724 | +3 |
| 4 | Iowa | 22-3 | 671 | -2 |
| 5 | Texas | 22-3 | 650 | +3 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 21-3 | 624 | +1 |
| 7 | North Carolina State | 21-3 | 615 | -4 |
| 8 | Colorado | 20-4 | 541 | -4 |
| 9 | UCLA | 19-4 | 523 | +1 |
| 10 | USC | 18-4 | 483 | +1 |
| 11 | LSU | 21-4 | 463 | +1 |
| 12 | Indiana | 20-3 | 427 | +1 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 20-4 | 415 | +5 |
| 14 | UConn | 20-5 | 411 | -5 |
| 15 | Oregon State | 20-3 | 386 | +4 |
| 16 | Gonzaga | 24-2 | 356 | – |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 18-5 | 297 | -3 |
| 18 | Louisville | 20-5 | 272 | -3 |
| 19 | Creighton | 20-3 | 231 | +1 |
| 20 | Syracuse | 20-4 | 206 | +3 |
| 21 | Baylor | 18-5 | 166 | -4 |
| 22 | Utah | 18-7 | 103 | -1 |
| 23 | West Virginia | 20-3 | 85 | -1 |
| 24 | Princeton | 18-3 | 75 | – |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 17-6 | 55 | +1 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 25 UNLV;
Others Receiving Votes
UNLV 39; Saint Joseph’s 8; Florida State 3; Michigan State 2; Fairfield 2; Ball State 2; Tennessee 1; Duke 1;
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