Iowa sees slight dip in AP Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Poll

After Friday’s 92-86 victory vs. Northern Iowa (5-6) from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the Iowa women’s basketball team (10-2, 0-1 Big Ten) dropped slightly to No. 24 in the AP Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Poll for Week 8.

While the Hawkeyes defeated the Panthers, who were powered by a 30-point performance by star guard Maya McDermott, the six-point win was unable to provide Iowa with much leverage to remain at their previously-held No. 22 position entering the holiday break.

Iowa will look to boost its resume when the team returns from the holiday break on Dec. 29 vs. Purdue (7-5, 0-1 Big Ten) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena at 2 p.m. CT on Big Ten Network Plus.

The Big Ten remains well represented in the latest top 25. UCLA is still atop the poll as the No. 1 team in the nation. Following the Bruins are No. 8 Maryland, No. 10 Ohio State, No. 19 Michigan State, and No. 23 Michigan.

The lone Big Ten program to drop out of the top 25 was Nebraska, following their 72-61 loss to then-No. 17 Georgia Tech. The Cornhuskers now join Illinois as the two conference members in the receiving votes category of this week’s poll.

Below is a look at the full AP Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Poll for Week 8.

Rank Team Record Points
1 UCLA 12-0 798 (30)
2 South Carolina 11-1 764 (1)
3 Notre Dame 10-2 727 (1)
4 USC 11-1 688
5 Texas 12-1 641
6 LSU 14-0 636
7 UConn 10-2 611
8 Maryland 11-0 602
9 Oklahoma 11-1 535
10 Ohio State 12-0 505
11 TCU 12-1 478
12 Kansas State 13-1 457
13 Georgia Tech 13-0 382
14 Duke 10-3 368
15 Tennessee 11-0 323
16 Kentucky 10-1 322
17 North Carolina 12-2 288
18 West Virginia 10-2 224
19 Michigan State 11-1 203
20 Alabama 12-1 165
21 California 13-1 153
22 North Carolina State 9-3 147
23 Michigan 10-2 122
24 Iowa 10-2 114
25 Ole Miss 8-3 64

Others receiving votes:

Nebraska 26, Vanderbilt 19, Utah 18, Illinois 8, Oklahoma State 7, Harvard 3, Baylor 1, Florida State 1.

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