South Carolina Finishes No. 1 in AP Women's Basketball Poll

NEW YORK (AP) — South Carolina is No. 1 in the final Associated Press women's basketball poll of the season for the first time in school history. The Gamecocks received 26 first-place votes and No. 2 Oregon got the other four. Baylor, Maryland and UConn round out the top five. The AP has always released its final poll of the season before the start of the NCAA Tournament, which has been canceled because of the virus pandemic. Louisville, Stanford, N.C. State, Mississippi State and UCLA round out the top 10.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (26)	32-1	746	1
2. Oregon (4)	31-2	724	2
3. Baylor	28-2	676	3
4. Maryland	28-4	654	4
5. UConn	29-3	642	5
6. Louisville	28-4	588	6
7. Stanford	27-6	560	7
8. NC State	28-4	543	8
9. Mississippi St.	27-6	505	9
10. UCLA	26-5	501	10
11. Northwestern	26-4	394	12
12. Arizona	24-7	385	13
13. Gonzaga	28-3	359	11
14. Oregon St.	23-9	321	14
15. DePaul	28-5	298	15
16. Kentucky	22-8	283	16
17. South Dakota	30-2	259	17
18. Texas A&M	22-8	246	19
19. Florida St.	24-8	239	18
20. Indiana	24-8	194	20
21. Iowa	23-7	174	21
22. Princeton	26-1	163	22
23. Missouri St.	26-4	121	23
24. Arkansas	24-8	97	24
25. Arizona St.	20-11	31	25

Others receiving votes: TCU 11, Ohio St. 10, Boston College 6, Marquette 5, Rutgers 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3, Texas 2, Boise St. 2, Iowa St. 2, Duke 1, Cent Michigan 1.