The latest AP Top 25 Poll dropped Monday, with just one team making meaningful strides in the final NCAA women's basketball rankings of the 2025/26 regular season.
No. 10 TCU moved up one spot after Sunday win over No. 20 Baylor, breaking into the Top 10 for the first time this season while the rest of the upper echelon held fast.
On the other hand, No. 12 Louisville ceded their Top 10 standing, dropping two spots after Sunday's upset loss to unranked Notre Dame — with the Irish narrowly missing out on rejoining the ranks.
Undefeated UConn caps the 2025/26 season as the wire-to-wire No. 1, riding a perfect 31-0 record into Champ Week.
The Huskies have won 25 of their games by 30 points or more, notching the third-best season-long margin of victory in NCAA women's basketball history — trailing only the 2014/15 and 2015/16 UConn lineups.
"[There are] really close-knit teams that really love playing together, and you get a little bit of something from everybody every night," UConn head coach Geno Auriemma said of his team.
With the regular season in the rearview, teams are now gearing up for the 31 Division I conference tournaments — most of which tip off this week.
Though only 31 will walk away with titles — and automatic entry into the 2026 March Madness bracket — all teams will look to pad their resumes in tournament play, hoping to impress the committee ahead of March 15th's Selection Sunday.
2025/26 AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll: Week 17
1. UConn (31-0, Big East)
2. UCLA (28-1, Big Ten)
3. South Carolina (29-2, SEC)
4. Texas (28-3, SEC)
5. Vanderbilt (27-3, SEC)
6. LSU (26-4, SEC)
7. Oklahoma (23-6, SEC)
8. Michigan (24-5, Big Ten)
9. Iowa (24-5, Big Ten)
10. TCU (27-4, Big 12)
11. Ohio State (24-6, Big Ten)
12. Louisville (25-6, ACC)
13. Duke (21-8, ACC)
14. Maryland (23-7, Big Ten)
15. West Virginia (24-6, Big 12)
16. North Carolina (25-6, ACC)
17. Kentucky (21-9, SEC)
18. Michigan State (22-7, Big Ten)
19. Minnesota (22-7, Big Ten)
20. Baylor (24-7, Big 12)
21. Texas Tech (25-6, Big 12)
22. Georgia (22-8, SEC)
23. Princeton (23-3, Ivy)
24. Ole Miss (21-10, SEC)
25. Fairfield (25-4, MAAC)
