Projected AP Top 25 After Iowa Disrupting USC

It was an exciting week of Women’s College Basketball Action, topped by a tremendous troubled victory of a non -firm team over a top five opponent.

At the top of the locations, UCLA remains undefeated and thus maintains the No. 1 site. The team received 31 of the 32 votes in first place last week and had to maintain a similar number, although South Carolina’s victory over Tennessee could help it disappear one or two more in first place.

Below is a projection of what Monday’s AP Top 25 vote will look like.

1. UCLA
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. Texas
5. Uconn
6. USC
7. LSU
8. Ohio State
9. TCU
10. Duke
11. Kentucky
12. Kansas State
13. North Carolina
14. NC State
15. Cal
16. Maryland
17. Michigan State
18. Oklahoma
19. Tennessee
20. Georgia Tech
21. West Virginia
22. Florida State
23. Alabama
24. Creighton
25. Vanderbilt

We have a change in the top five after the USC suffered a road defeat against Iowa on Sunday.

If there is ever time to choose a rebellion in advance, it was this game as the Trojans were several time zones away from home to a game against a violent Iowa crowd that was made even more energetic by the fact that it was it day, program retired Caitlin Clarks Number.

I’m not saying Iowa was destined to win this game, but Hawkeyes had the momentum on their side from the first flute.

Juju Watkins and Kiki Iriafen both shot under 40 percent as the Trojans suffered their first loss since November, when Iowa was prevalent 76-69.

Hawkeyes now sit 15-7 a year and have won three in a row, but a five-match losing row last month means the team will not parlay this victory in its own ranked place. However, it could get a few votes.

For the second time this season, Oklahoma State entered the rankings and was immediately decorated.

The first time the team lost against Houston, arguably the worst Power Conference team at the time.

This time? The loss at least came to a ranked West Virginia team, but Cowgirls were kept to only 37 points in the loss to mountaineers. The team shot only 21.2% from the floor, including Micah Gray, which went 2-for-13.

While the team managed a win last week against Arizona State, a loss like this is enough to knock Oklahoma State just outside the top 25.

Only one team this week had several wins over ranked opponents. This team was Kentucky, who took down both Alabama and Oklahoma.

After a surprising loss to Texas A&M, Wildcats have won three in a row to move to 19-2 on the season.

Both of these wins came against teams with very good offenses, with Oklahoma ranking fifth in points per year. Fight and Alabama rank 25. Despite this, Wildcat’s ways of winning, albeit very different in each game.

Against Alabama, the Kentucky defense clung down and held Crimson time for 56 points. In the game against Oklahoma, Kentucky -Defense Wasn’t Able to follow, but the offense came alive and surpassed a very good Sooners team and won 96-86.

That’s what makes this Kentucky so dangerous: It wins, though, to win.

Defense has long been a problem for The Sooners and it is still one this year. The team’s defensive numbers look worse than they are because of the frenetic pace on which the offense plays, but even then it is to rank 270 in scoring defense.

Defense is how Soners lost a few games this week. The team average 93 points in two games this week, but went 0-2 because its opponents average 101 points.

Oklahoma can score with anyone, but none of it matters if the team holds bleeding points. It has lost three of the team’s last four matches because it can’t get defensive stops and now sits on 3-6 against the themes with a top 50 her hoop state rating.

Therefore, Oklahoma will take the biggest fall this week and drop an estimated five spots. It could have fallen longer, but Tennessee and Cal lost both this week, so the floor should be No. 19.