The Alabama Crimson Tide women’s basketball team suffered an 84-40 blowout loss in Austin to the Texas Longhorns last week before rebounding for an 84-78 win over Ole Miss on Sunday.
As it turns out, Alabama’s first loss in SEC play didn’t effect its ranking in the USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll. The Crimson Tide (16-2 overall, 3-1 SEC) were ranked No. 19 in Tuesday’s new poll, the same ranking as last week. Kristy Curry’s team also placed No. 19 in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday.
Alabama will face Dawn Staley’s second-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks (16-1) in Coleman Coliseum Thursday night at 6 p.m. CT. The game can be seen on ESPN+/SEC Network+.
The UCLA Bruins remained atop the coaches poll for the seventh consecutive week after improving to 16-0. Behind South Carolina at No. 2, Notre Dame (14-2) stayed at No. 3 with Kim Mulkey’s LSU Tigers (19-0) at No. 4 and JuJu Watkins and USC (16-1) at No. 5.
The SEC had seven teams in the Top 25. In addition to South Carolina and LSU, Texas was also ranked in the top 10 at No. 7. The Kentucky Wildcats (15-1) rose four spots to No. 11 after their eighth straight win. Oklahoma (14-3) dropped two spots to No. 13, while the Tennessee Lady Vols (15-1) remained at No. 15.
Full Week 11 USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll
Rank | School | Record | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | UCLA | 16-0 | 750 (30) |
2 | South Carolina | 16-1 | 717 |
3 | Notre Dame | 14-2 | 679 |
4 | LSU | 19-0 | 654 |
5 | USC | 16-1 | 643 |
6 | UConn | 15-2 | 557 |
7 | Texas | 16-2 | 557 |
8 | Ohio State | 16-0 | 535 |
9 | Maryland | 15-1 | 533 |
10 | Kansas State | 17-1 | 488 |
11 | TCU | 17-1 | 465 |
12 | Kentucky | 15-1 | 386 |
13 | Oklahoma | 14-3 | 376 |
14 | North Carolina | 15-3 | 349 |
15 | Tennessee | 14-2 | 320 |
16 | Duke | 13-4 | 297 |
17 | Georgia Tech | 15-2 | 237 |
18 | Cal | 16-2 | 212 |
19 | Alabama | 16-2 | 188 |
20 | West Virginia | 13-3 | 186 |
21 | NC State | 12-4 | 165 |
22 | Michigan State | 13-3 | 108 |
23 | Utah | 13-3 | 92 |
24 | Baylor | 14-3 | 68 |
25 | Minnesota | 16-1 | 49 |
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