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USC is No. 5 in USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll

USC rose two spots to No. 5 in the latest poll after the huge win over UConn. The Trojans host Michigan on Sunday, December 29, in the Galen Center.

The USC women’s basketball team is ranked No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll. The Trojans moved up two spots from No. 7 as a result of their huge road win at UConn on Saturday night, which pulled in good TV ratings on Fox Sports. USC’s 72-70 victory was the big statement win USC did not yet have on its resume. Now the Trojans, 11-1 through 12 games, have a resume which can be considered for a potential No. 1 seed in the 2025 Women’s NCAA Tournament.

USC will now try to build that resume even more in Big Ten Conference play. USC, UCLA, Ohio State, and Maryland are seen as the top four teams in the conference, but that could change once teams get at each other in the coming weeks. USC hosts Michigan and Nebraska this coming week, playing the Wolverines on Sunday and the Huskers on New Year’s Day, which is next Wednesday. USC and UCLA will meet twice, beginning in mid-February. Few women’s college basketball games will be bigger than the showdowns between the Bruins and Trojans, both ranked in the top five on Christmas Day.

Here is the full poll:

Rank Team Record Points
1 UCLA 12-0 771 (30)
2 South Carolina 11-1 742 (1)
3 LSU 14-0 686
4 Notre Dame 10-2 679
5 USC 11-1 646
6 Texas 12-1 630
7 UConn 10-2 562
8 Maryland 11-0 542
9 Ohio State 12-0 529
10 Oklahoma 11-1 497
11 Kansas State 13-1 460
12 TCU 12-1 433
13 Tennessee 11-0 367
14 Duke 10-3 349
15 Kentucky 10-1 315
16 Georgia Tech 13-0 303
17 North Carolina 12-2 274
18 West Virginia 10-2 245
19 Michigan State 11-1 200
20 North Carolina State 9-3 191
21 Alabama 12-1 149
22 Iowa 10-2 123
23 Baylor 11-2 113
24 California 13-1 83
25 Michigan 10-2 48

USC is No. 5 in USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll

USC trails only four teams in the new USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll

The USC women’s basketball team is ranked No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll. The Trojans have only one loss this season, their Nov. 23 setback against Notre Dame. They just hammered Oregon on the road this past Saturday in their Big Ten Conference opener.

The four teams ahead of USC in the new poll are No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 UConn, No. 3 South Carolina, and No. 4 LSU. UCLA defeated South Carolina earlier this season, which is why the Bruins are No. 1 and ahead of UConn. South Carolina has responded well to the UCLA loss, blasting Iowa State, Duke, and most recently TCU on Sunday. TCU was ranked in the top 10 going into that game. South Carolina handled the Horned Frogs comfortably.

USC faces UConn on Dec. 21 on a huge sports Saturday. That game will be nationally televised on Fox Sports and will compete against College Football Playoff first-round games.

USC No. 3, Notre Dame No. 5 in USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll

No. 3 versus No. 5. USC against Notre Dame in women’s basketball this Saturday in the Galen Center is a top-five showdown. It’s must-see TV on NBC.

The main event this weekend for USC sports fans is actually not one event. It’s two. USC football versus UCLA is always a big deal, regardless of the records of the two teams. However, this Saturday, another massive showdown involving USC will take place. The Trojans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will meet in women’s basketball. Both teams are in the top five of the latest USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll.

USC fans will be able to attend both games on Saturday. USC-Notre Dame is at the Galen Center and will start just after 1 p.m. local time in Los Angeles. The USC-UCLA football game will start just after 7:30 p.m. local time in Pasadena. That offers Angelenos more than enough time to leave Galen and get to the Rose Bowl Stadium in time for kickoff, even with LA’s infamously nasty traffic.

The USC-Notre Dame game is part of a television tripleheader on NBC. The network has both USC games — women’s hoops and football — with the big Notre Dame-Army football game sandwiched in between at 4 p.m. Pacific time. USC-Notre Dame women’s basketball, though, gets the party started at 1.

USC and Notre Dame share spots in the top five of the USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll with No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 UConn, and No. 4 Texas.

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