South Carolina, Baylor Lead Women's Top 25; Northwestern in

South Carolina still sits atop The Associated Press women's college basketball poll with Baylor in second place. The Gamecocks received 22 first-place votes from a 30-member media panel. The Lady Bears had six. UConn moved up to third after previous No. 3 Stanford lost to Oregon by 32 points. The Ducks moved up to No. 4. Louisville was fifth. Stanford fell to sixth. Oregon State, North Carolina State, Mississippi State and UCLA rounded out the top 10. Northwestern entered the poll at No. 22. It's the first ranking for the Wildcats since 2015-16.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (22)	17-1	741	1
2. Baylor (6)	15-1	725	2
3. UConn	16-1	665	4
4. Oregon	15-2	658	6
5. Louisville (2)	18-1	641	5
6. Stanford	16-2	599	3
7. Oregon St.	16-2	545	8
8. NC State	17-1	530	9
9. Mississippi St.	16-2	504	10
10. UCLA	16-1	497	7
11. DePaul	17-2	425	14
12. Kentucky	15-3	378	11
13. Gonzaga	18-1	366	16
14. Florida St.	15-3	358	13
15. Texas A&M	15-3	345	12
16. Arizona St.	15-4	297	18
17. Indiana	14-4	221	15
18. Arizona	15-3	214	21
19. Iowa	15-3	186	22
20. Maryland	13-4	184	20
21. Arkansas	15-3	156	23
22. Northwestern	16-2	118	-
23. Tennessee	14-3	116	24
24. South Dakota	17-2	110	25
25. West Virginia	13-3	63	17