The AP Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll: South Carolina on Top

(AP) — No. 24 Illinois has earned its first ranking in 23 years coming in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll. The Illini are off to one of the best starts in school history and have had a remarkable turnaround after going 7-20 last season. South Carolina remained the No. 1 team, still garnering all 28 votes from a national media panel. The Gamecocks have been No. 1 for 29 consecutive weeks. Stanford, Ohio State and UConn are next. LSU moved up to fifth. It’s the first time the Tigers have been that high since 2009.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (28)	16-0	700	1
2. Stanford	16-1	671	2
3. Ohio St.	17-0	645	3
4. UConn	13-2	587	5
5. LSU	16-0	582	7
6. Indiana	14-1	574	6
7. Notre Dame	12-2	542	4
8. UCLA	14-2	457	12
9. Maryland	13-3	437	13
10. Utah	14-1	427	8
11. NC State	13-3	370	10
12. Iowa	12-4	352	16
13. Virginia Tech	13-3	342	9
14. Arizona	14-2	341	15
15. Iowa St.	10-3	307	11
16. Duke	14-1	281	19
17. Michigan	13-3	261	14
18. Baylor	12-3	253	23
19. Oklahoma	12-2	212	17
20. Gonzaga	16-2	197	20
21. Oregon	12-4	144	18
22. North Carolina	10-5	126	22
23. Kansas	12-2	99	21
24. Illinois	14-3	42	-
25. Villanova	14-3	35	-

Others receiving votes: Arkansas 33, Middle Tennessee 27, St. John's 22, Miami 10, South Florida 6, Seton Hall 5, Florida St. 5, Creighton 5, Colorado 2, Louisville 1.