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

South Carolina beat two more ranked opponents to strengthen its grip on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Gamecocks topped then-No. 13 LSU and No. 21 Kentucky this past week to raise their record to 8-0 against Top 25 teams this season. South Carolina remained the No. 1 team Monday, garnering 26 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel. Stanford and Louisville were the next two teams in the poll. The Cardinals received the other four No. 1 votes. N.C. State moved up to fourth while Tennessee was fifth. It’s the Lady Vols’ highest ranking since Nov. 23, 2015.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (26)	15-1	745	1
2. Stanford	11-3	703	2
3. Louisville (4)	13-1	698	3
4. NC State	14-2	655	5
5. Tennessee	15-1	613	7
6. Indiana	12-2	606	6
7. Arizona	11-1	561	4
8. Maryland	12-4	511	10
9. Iowa St.	14-1	489	12
10. UConn	7-3	476	11
11. Michigan	13-2	455	8
12. LSU	15-2	403	13
13. Texas	11-2	394	9
14. Baylor	10-3	364	14
15. Georgia Tech	11-3	324	16
16. Duke	11-2	275	17
17. Georgia	13-3	243	15
18. BYU	12-1	203	18
19. Kentucky	8-4	156	21
20. Notre Dame	11-3	148	20
21. North Carolina	14-1	147	19
22. Colorado	13-0	118	-
23. Oklahoma	13-2	109	23
24. South Florida	11-4	92	24
25. Kansas St	13-2	83	-

Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 52, Iowa 38, Ohio St. 31, Missouri St. 15, DePaul 12, Missouri 12, Nebraska 10, Mississippi 6, Virginia Tech 3.