Feb 2, 2025; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; USC Trojans guard JuJu Watkins (12) drives the ball late during the second quarter against the Iowa Hawkeyes as guard Avery Howell (23) looks on at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Southern Cal’s shocking loss to Iowa dropped the Trojans three spots to No. 7 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s poll released Monday.
Sunday’s 76-69 loss to the Hawkeyes — which came as Iowa retired former star Caitlin Clark’s jersey — was the second of the season for the Trojans (19-2), with the first coming in November against visiting Notre Dame.
The top three teams — UCLA (21-0), South Carolina (21-1) and Notre Dame (19-2) — remained the same as last week’s poll, with the Bruins nabbing all 32 first-place votes as the only team that remains unbeaten.
Coming in behind Notre Dame are three teams that moved up one spot with USC’s drop — No. 4 Texas (22-2), No. 5 UConn (21-2) and No. 6 LSU (23-1). Behind them, Ohio State (20-1) TCU (21-2), and Duke (17-4) round out the top 10.
No teams exited the poll this week but many positions were shuffled, with Michigan State (18-4) sustaining the biggest drop — four spots — to No. 20 thanks to a 63-59 home loss to Oregon on Thursday.
The rest of this week’s Top 25:
11. Kentucky (19-2)
12. Kansas State (21-2)
13. North Carolina (20-4)
14. North Carolina State (17-4)
15. Oklahoma (16-6)
16. Maryland (17-5)
17. Georgia Tech (18-4)
18. West Virginia (17-4)
19. Tennessee (16-5)
20. Michigan State (18-4)
21. Cal (19-4)
22. Florida State (18-4)
23. Alabama (18-5)
24. Vanderbilt (18-5)
25. Oklahoma State (18-4)
–Field Level Media
