Kansas State climbs to No. 4 in women's Top 25 poll

Field Level Media|published: Mon 22nd January, 13:02 2024

Mar 10, 2023; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas State Wildcats guard Mimi Gatewood (23), Mikayla Parks (10) and Rebekah Dallinger (14) reacts after a Wildcat score during the first half against the Texas Longhorns at Municipal Auditorium. credits: Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports

No. 4 Kansas State achieved its highest ranking in 21 years and South Carolina remained a unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press women's college basketball Top 25 poll, released Monday.

The Wildcats (18-1) have not lost since Nov. 26 and climbed three spots after Saturday's 69-58 win against Kansas.

The Gamecocks (17-0) received all 35 first-place votes heading into a Southeastern Conference showdown at No. 9 LSU (18-2) on Thursday night.

No. 2 UCLA (15-1) also moved up three places, with No. 3 Colorado (16-2) and No. 5 Iowa (18-2) rounding out the top five. The Hawkeyes fell three spots following Sunday's 100-92 overtime loss at Ohio State (15-3), who jumped six places to No. 12 this week.

No. 6 Stanford (17-2), No. 7 North Carolina State (16-2), No. 8 UConn (16-3), LSU and No. 10 Texas (18-2) fill out the top 10 this week.

No. 23 Florida State (14-6) took the biggest tumble, slipping eight spots following losses to Syracuse and Virginia by a combined 10 points.

No. 22 Syracuse (16-2), No. 24 West Virginia (16-2) and No. 25 Oregon State (15-3) entered the poll, replacing Iowa State, Marquette and UNLV.

11. Southern California

12. Ohio State

13. Baylor

14. Indiana

15. Notre Dame

16. Utah

17. Gonzaga

18. Louisville

19. Virginia Tech