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AP women's college basketball Top 25 poll breakdown

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Breya Cunningham lays it in at the buzzer (0:16)

Breya Cunningham makes the layup at the buzzer going into halftime for the Longhorns. (0:16)

The new AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll is out.

After winning conference tournament titles on Sunday, the SEC champion Texas Longhorns moved up one spot, the ACC champion Duke Blue Devils jumped five spots and into the top 10 and the Big 12 champion West Virginia Mountaineers ascended three spots to No. 12.

The Power 4 conference tournaments wrapped up Sunday and those teams won't play again until the NCAA tournament. Let's break down the rankings.

Stats courtesy of ESPN Research and The Associated Press.

1. UConn Huskies

Previous ranking: 1

2025-26 record: 33-0

Stat to know: UConn secured its 38th conference tournament win Sunday against Creighton. This was the Huskies' 49th consecutive win and the first time they've scored 100 points in the Big East tournament.


2. UCLA Bruins

Previous ranking: 2

2025-26 record: 31-1

Stat to know: UCLA's 51-point win is the largest victory margin ever in a Big Ten championship game. The previous record was 33 points when Iowa defeated Ohio State in 2023.


3. Texas Longhorns

Previous ranking: 4

2025-26 record: 31-3

Stat to know: Texas' 14 wins versus AP-ranked opponents this season is the most in program history.


4. South Carolina Gamecocks

Previous ranking: 3

2025-26 record: 31-3

Stat to know: South Carolina has lost to Texas three times in the past two seasons. The Gamecocks are 32-1 against all other SEC opponents.

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Raven Johnson sinks a turnaround jumper

Raven Johnson nails a 2 pointer to keep South Carolina in the game vs. Texas.


5. LSU Tigers

Previous ranking: 6

2025-26 record: 27-5

Stat to know: LSU's 0-7 against South Carolina over the past five seasons.


6. Vanderbilt Commodores

Previous ranking: 5

2025-26 record: 27-4

Stat to know: Mikayla Blakes snaps her streak of consecutive games with 25-plus points (nine) after scoring 24 points in the SEC tournament quarterfinal against Ole Miss. The streak was the longest in the SEC this century.


7. Iowa Hawkeyes

Previous ranking: 9

2025-26 record: 26-6

Stat to know: Iowa scored five points in the first quarter, its fewest in any quarter this season.


8. Duke Blue Devils

Previous ranking: 13

2025-26 record: 24-8

Stat to know: Duke secured back-to-back Ally ACC tournament titles Sunday for the first time since 2010-11. This is the Blue Devils' 10th ACC tournament title.

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Riley Nelson's dagger 3 in OT secures ACC championship for Duke

Riley Nelson sinks a 3-pointer as the shot clock expires to seal Duke's win over Louisville in the ACC title game.


9. Michigan Wolverines

Previous ranking: 8

2025-26 record: 25-6

Stat to know: Michigan has been eliminated in the Big Ten tournament semifinals for the third straight season. The Wolverines are one of three original Big Ten members that has never reached the championship game -- Northwestern and Wisconsin are the others.


10. Oklahoma Sooners

Previous ranking: 7

2025-26 record: 24-7

Stat to know: Oklahoma's 34-point margin of defeat to LSU in the SEC tournament quarterfinals is the second largest by a top-five seed in the tournament's history.


11. Ohio State Buckeyes

Previous ranking: 11

2025-26 record: 26-7

Stat to know: Jaloni Cambridge recorded her 27th 15-point game this season -- the most in the Big Ten -- in Ohio State's conference tournament quarterfinal matchup against Minnesota. Cambridge also leads the Big Ten with 23.3 points per game this season.


12. West Virginia Mountaineers

Previous ranking: 15

2025-26 record: 27-6

Stat to know: Jordan Harrison scored or assisted on 32 of West Virginia's points in the Big 12 championship game.


13. Louisville Cardinals

Previous ranking: 12

2025-26 record: 27-7

Stat to know: Louisville has lost four straight ACC championship games since winning the title in 2018.


14. TCU Horned Frogs

Previous ranking: 10

2025-26 record: 29-5

Stat to know: TCU was held to under 60 points for the third time this season. All three games have been against West Virginia.

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Olivia Miles scoops and scores for TCU

Olivia Miles gets to the rim and draws the and-1 for TCU.


15. North Carolina Tar Heels

Previous ranking: 16

2025-26 record: 26-7

Stat to know: Elina Aarnisalo scored a team-high 17 points in North Carolina's loss to Louisville in the ACC tournament semifinals. This was her fourth straight game with at least 15 points.


16. Kentucky Wildcats

Previous ranking: 17

2025-26 record: 23-10

Stat to know: Kentucky is 0-7 in the past seven meetings with South Carolina since defeating the Gamecocks in the 2022 SEC tournament championship game.


17. Maryland Terrapins

Previous ranking: 14

2025-26 record: 23-8

Stat to know: Oluchi Okananwa and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu were the only Terrapins players to score in double figures in Maryland's loss to Oregon in the Big Ten tournament.


18. Minnesota Gophers

Previous ranking: 19

2025-26 record: 22-8

Stat to know: Minnesota falls to 3-5 versus AP-ranked teams this season after its loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinal.


19. Ole Miss Rebels

Previous ranking: 24

2025-26 record: 23-11

Stat to know: Cotie McMahon scored 20-plus points against an AP-ranked opponent eight times this season. That's the third most in Division I behind Jaloni Cambridge and Mikayla Blakes at nine each.


20. Michigan State Spartans

Previous ranking: 18

2025-26 record: 22-8

Stat to know: Kennedy Blair scored a career-high 30 points in Michigan State's loss to Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten tournament.


21. Baylor Bears

Previous ranking: 20

2025-26 record: 24-8

Stat to know: Baylor's 12-game winning streak versus unranked opponents was snapped in its Big 12 tournament quarterfinal loss to Colorado.

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Darianna Littlepage-Buggs impresses with nice shot

Darianna Littlepage-Buggs drops in the smooth basket


22. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Previous ranking: Not ranked

2025-26 record: 22-10

Stat to know: The Fighting Irish won seven straight games before Sunday's loss to Duke in the ACC tournament championship game. Hannah Hidalgo has scored at least 24 points in the past seven games.


23. Princeton Tigers

Previous ranking: 23

2025-26 record: 24-3

Stat to know: Princeton captured the Ivy League regular-season title with a win over Yale on Saturday. Fadima Tall led the team in scoring with 22 points.


24. Georgia Lady Bulldogs

Previous ranking: 22

2025-26 record: 22-9

Stat to know: Georgia suffered its first loss this season when leading at halftime in the SEC tournament second round against Kentucky.


25. Texas Tech Lady Raiders

Previous ranking: 21

2025-26 record: 25-7

Stat to know: Snudda Collins was the lone double-digit scorer (14 points) for Texas Tech in its Phillips 66 Big 12 tournament matchup against Kansas State.