UCLA women’s team finishes at No. 10 in final AP poll

UCLA lands in the top 10 to end the year.

The UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team has landed at No. 10 in the final Associated Press AP top 25 poll. After South Carolina finished with an undefeated season and a title game win over Iowa, the final poll results were released on Monday.

The Bruins saw their season end in the Sweet 16 against LSU, and they landed in the top 10. Here are the results:

  1. South Carolina
  2. Iowa 
  3. UConn
  4. NC State
  5. USC
  6. LSU
  7. Texas
  8. Oregon State
  9. Stanford
  10. UCLA
  11. Notre Dame 
  12. Indiana
  13. Baylor
  14. Gonzaga
  15. Colorado
  16. Ohio State 
  17. Duke
  18. Virginia Tech
  19. Kansas State
  20. Syracuse
  21. Oklahoma 
  22. Utah
  23. Creighton
  24. West Virginia
  25. Iowa State

Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee 44, Nebraska 27, Mississippi 24, UNLV 20, Louisville 12, Middle Tennessee 8, North Carolina 7, Fairfield 6, Kansas 4, Alabama 2.

A total of six Pac-12 teams landed in the final AP poll and four of them in the top 10 with the USC Trojans leading the way.

The Bruins’ future is incredibly bright, especially if Lauren Betts returns, and they should be a team to watch as they make the transition to the Big Ten next season.