Unbeaten South Carolina again a unanimous No. 1

Field Level Media|published: Mon 15th January, 13:09 2024

Nov 24, 2023; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley directs her team against the Mississippi Valley State Devilettes in the second half at Colonial Life Arena. credits: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports

South Carolina is the lone unbeaten team remaining and once again the unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press women's college basketball Top 25 poll released Monday.

The Gamecocks (15-0), who were the consensus choice for the final six polls of the 2023 calendar year, received all 36 votes again this week after routing Missouri 81-57 in their only action last week.

Caitlin Clark and No. 2 Iowa (17-1) moved up one spot and No. 3 Colorado (15-1) and No. 4 North Carolina State (15-1) each climbed two places. Previously unbeaten UCLA (14-1) fell three slots to No. 5 following Sunday's 73-65 loss to Southern California (13-1), who climbed three places to No. 6.

Kansas State (17-1), Stanford (15-2), UConn (14-3) and LSU (16-2) round out the top 10.

Previously undefeated Baylor (14-2) dropped road games at Kansas and Iowa State last week and plummeted eight spots to No. 12.

No. 15 Florida State (14-4) made the biggest leap, rising six rungs after wins against Top 25 opponents North Carolina and Virginia Tech.

The rest of the Top 25:

11. Texas

12. Baylor

13. Louisville

14. Virginia Tech

15. Florida State

16. Indiana

17. Gonzaga

18. Ohio State