Southern Cal drops to No. 7 in latest Top 25 poll

Field Level Media|published: Mon 3rd February, 13:37 2025

Feb 2, 2025; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; USC Trojans guard JuJu Watkins (12) drives the ball late during the second quarter against the Iowa Hawkeyes as guard Avery Howell (23) looks on at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images

Southern Cal's shocking loss to Iowa dropped the Trojans three spots to No. 7 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's poll released Monday.

Sunday's 76-69 loss to the Hawkeyes -- which came as Iowa retired former star Caitlin Clark's jersey -- was the second of the season for the Trojans (19-2), with the first coming in November against visiting Notre Dame.

The top three teams -- UCLA (21-0), South Carolina (21-1) and Notre Dame (19-2) -- remained the same as last week's poll, with the Bruins nabbing all 32 first-place votes as the only team that remains unbeaten.

Coming in behind Notre Dame are three teams that moved up one spot with USC's drop -- No. 4 Texas (22-2), No. 5 UConn (21-2) and No. 6 LSU (23-1). Behind them, Ohio State (20-1) TCU (21-2), and Duke (17-4) round out the top 10.

No teams exited the poll this week but many positions were shuffled, with Michigan State (18-4) sustaining the biggest drop -- four spots -- to No. 20 thanks to a 63-59 home loss to Oregon on Thursday.

The rest of this week's Top 25:

11. Kentucky (19-2)

12. Kansas State (21-2)

13. North Carolina (20-4)

14. North Carolina State (17-4)

15. Oklahoma (16-6)

16. Maryland (17-5)

17. Georgia Tech (18-4)

18. West Virginia (17-4)

19. Tennessee (16-5)

20. Michigan State (18-4)

21. Cal (19-4)