The Alabama Crimson Tide suffered a 66-64 loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores on Sunday at Coleman Coliseum.
Despite a season-high 36 points from senior Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama (17-4 overall, 4-3 SEC) suffered its second loss in three games after falling to Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks 10 days earlier.
The Crimson Tide fell three spots to No. 22 in the new USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll, released Tuesday. Kristy Curry’s team is ranked one spot below No. 21 Georgia Tech and one spot ahead of No. 23 Vanderbilt, which entered the top 25 this week.
Vanderbilt’s surge into the Top 25 gives the SEC a total of eight ranked teams. The Commodores join Alabama, No. 2 South Carolina (20-1), No. 5 LSU (21-1), No. 7 Texas (20-2), No. 12 Oklahoma (16-4), No. 13 Kentucky (17-2), and No. 19 Tennessee (15-5).
The UCLA Bruins (20-0) stayed atop the Coaches Poll for the ninth consecutive week. The top three teams remained the same. Notre Dame (17-2) was No. 3 while JuJu Watkins and USC (18-1) moved up one spot to No. 4, jumping LSU. Kim Mulkey’s Tigers (21-1) dropped to No. 5 after their 66-56 loss at South Carolina, LSU’s first of the season.
Alabama will travel to Lexington to face Kentucky Thursday night at 6 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on SEC Network.
USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll Week 13
Rank | Team | Record | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | UCLA | 20-0 | 774 (30) |
2 | South Carolina | 20-1 | 742 (1) |
3 | Notre Dame | 17-2 | 708 |
4 | USC | 18-1 | 678 |
5 | LSU | 21-1 | 631 |
6 | UConn | 19-2 | 624 |
7 | Texas | 20-2 | 614 |
8 | Ohio State | 19-1 | 543 |
9 | TCU | 20-2 | 481 |
10 | Duke | 17-4 | 475 |
11 | Kansas State | 19-2 | 474 |
12 | Oklahoma | 16-4 | 402 |
13 | Kentucky | 17-2 | 386 |
14 | Maryland | 16-4 | 372 |
15 | North Carolina | 18-4 | 329 |
16 | North Carolina State | 16-4 | 305 |
17 | Michigan State | 17-3 | 256 |
18 | California | 18-3 | 234 |
19 | Tennessee | 15-5 | 231 |
20 | West Virginia | 16-4 | 202 |
21 | Georiga Tech | 17-4 | 180 |
22 | Alabama | 17-4 | 115 |
23 | Vanderbilt | 17-4 | 68 |
24 | Florida State | 16-4 | 59 |
25 | Oklahoma State | 17-3 | 44 |
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