Texas jumps to No. 2 behind UConn in women’s AP Top 25 after beating South Carolina and UCLA
Texas moved up to No behind UConn in The Associated Press Top women s basketball poll on Monday after beating two top teams in a Thanksgiving tournament The Longhorns topped then-No South Carolina - a day after beating then-No UCLA - in Las Vegas It was the first time in the past years that a group has beaten two top three teams in such a short time frame Texas received first-place votes from a -member national media panel No UConn garnered the other The Huskies routed Xavier - to open Big East play South Carolina fell to third and UCLA was fourth LSU remained fifth The Tigers who haven t played a ranked opponent yet have scored over points in each of their first eight games to set an NCAA record They broke the mark of six in a row set by the - Louisiana Tech group that LSU coach Kim Mulkey played on Michigan Maryland TCU Oklahoma and Iowa State rounded out the top The Cyclones got a school-record -point effort from star post participant Audi Crooks to beat Indiana on Sunday In and out Ohio State debuted in this year s poll at No after edging West Virginia last week - The Buckeyes followed that up with a -point win over Niagara the majority of points scored in school history and the biggest margin of accomplishment ever for the Buckeyes N C State fell out of the poll Conference supremacy The Big Ten matched the Southeastern Conference this week with eight teams ranked after Ohio State entered the Top The Big is next with five and the Atlantic Coast Conference has three The Big East has one Games of the week It s ACC-SEC challenge week with a host of quality matchups between the two power conferences On Thursday No Louisville hosts No South Carolina No North Carolina visits No Texas and No Ole Miss plays No Notre Dame Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here AP women s college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -womens-college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub womens-college-basketball Source
