Notre Dame climbs to No. 2 behind unbeaten UCLA

Field Level Media|published: Mon 10th February, 13:52 2025

Notre Dame walks off the court after winning a NCAA women's basketball game 91-52 against No. 21 California at Purcell Pavilion on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in South Bend.

No. 2 Notre Dame achieved its highest ranking in six years in the Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll released Monday.

The Fighting Irish (21-2) moved up one spot behind unbeaten UCLA (23-0), which remained the unanimous choice of all 31 voters. It's the loftiest perch for Notre Dame since it was No. 1 on Jan. 21, 2019.

No. 3 Texas (24-2) also climbed one place following its 66-62 victory Sunday against South Carolina (22-2), which slipped two spots to No. 4 after seeing its 57-game Southeastern Conference regular season winning streak end.

No. 5 LSU (25-1) is followed in the top 10 by Southern Cal (21-2), UConn (22-3), Kentucky (19-2), Ohio State (20-3) and North Carolina State (19-4).

Vanderbilt and California dropped out of the poll, replaced by No. 24 Creighton and No. 25 Baylor.

The rest of the women's Top 25:

11. TCU (22-3)

12. North Carolina (21-4)

13. Duke (19-5)

14. Kansas State (22-3)

15. Tennessee (17-6)

16. Oklahoma (17-6)

17. Maryland (19-5)

18. West Virginia (19-4)

19. Georgia Tech (20-4)