Iowa cracks top 10 in AP women's basketball poll for first time in 2 years; UConn-South Carolina 1-2

Iowa cracks top 10 in AP women's basketball poll for first time in 2 years; UConn-South Carolina 1-2

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Key Points:

  • Iowa entered the AP Top 25 women's basketball poll top 10 for the first time in two years, reaching 10th place, marking their highest ranking since Caitlin Clark's senior year.
  • UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 team with all 30 first-place votes, continuing a 34-game winning streak; the top six teams in the poll remained unchanged from the previous week.
  • Duke re-entered the poll at No. 21 after a 10-game winning streak, recovering from an early-season slump, while Princeton rose to No. 20 with a 13-game winning streak, their best ranking since 2015.
  • Iowa State dropped out of the rankings after a fifth consecutive loss, falling