Women's ballot breakdown | Illini joins Big Ten party in AP Top 25

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press womens college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.

Rk., Team ReC.

Pts Prv 1.

South Carolina (31) 2-0 775 1 2.

Connecticut 2-0 733 2 3.

Southern Cal 2-0 703 3 4.

Texas 1-0 665 4 5.

UCLA 2-0 650 5 6.

Notre Dame 2-0 648 6 7.

LSU 2-0 575 7 8.

Iowa State 3-0 552 8 9.

Oklahoma 2-0 515 10 10.

Kansas State 2-0 451 13 11.

Maryland 3-0 443 18 12.

Ohio State 1-0 404 14 13.

N.C.

State 1-1 402 9 14.

North Carolina 2-0 333 15 15.

West Virginia 2-0 329 16 16.

Duke 2-1 294 11 17.

Baylor 1-1 209 12 18.

Louisville 1-1 207 17 19.

Mississippi 1-1 198 20 20.

Kentucky 2-0 170 22 21.

Nebraska 2-0 125 23 22.

Alabama 3-0 104 24 23.

Illinois 2-0 100 NR 24.

Stanford 3-0 98 NR 25.

Oregon 3-0 84 NR Others receiving votes: Iowa 60, TCU 55, Florida State 42, Michigan 36, Utah 32, Michigan State 18, Vanderbilt 13, Fairfield 11, South Dakota State 9, Mississippi State 7, Arizona 6, Creighton 5, Tennessee 3, Harvard 3, Indiana 3, Middle Tennessee 3, Miami 2.

THE NEWS-GAZETTES TOP 25 Illinois beat writer Joe Vozzelli is in his sixth season as an AP Top 25 voter.

Heres how his first regular-season ballot of the 2024-25 season shook out: Rk., Team Prev.

1.

South Carolina 1 2.

Connecticut 2 3.

Southern Cal 3 4.

UCLA 4 5.

Texas 5 6.

Notre Dame 6 7.

Iowa State 7 8.

LSU 8 9.

Maryland 15 10.

Oklahoma 12 11.

North Carolina State 10 12.

Duke 9 13.

Ohio State 13 14.

Kansas State 14 15.

Louisville 16 16.

West Virginia 17 17.

North Carolina 19 18.

Mississippi 20 19.

Baylor 11 20.

Illinois 24 21.

Florida State 18 22.

Nebraska 22 23.

Alabama 23 24.

Oregon NR 25.

Kentucky NR Whos up The Big Ten.

That Illinois and Oregon moved into the Top 25 even at the expense of Indiana dropping out still saw the 18-team league have a net gain.

The Big Ten had seven ranked teams in Mondays first regular-season poll, which tied the SEC for the most of any conference.

The Big Ten, SEC and ACC actually held down a combined 20 of the 25 spots in the poll.

Shauna Greens Illini have one of the early seasons most impressive wins, an 83-74 victory against then-No.

19 Florida State on Thursday night in the season opener.

Illinois is back in the AP Top 25 for the first time in a full year after only a one-week stay at the start of the 2023-24 season.

Maryland vaulted up the most of any Big Ten team, however, moving up seven spots to No.

11 after the Terrapins home win against Duke on Sunday.

Whos down Baylor and Duke.

Few losses by ranked teams during the opening week of the regular season the top eight from the preseason remain unchanged meant both teams paid the price for their defeats.

Even after the Bears and Blue Devils both lost on the road.

Duke dropping five places seems harsh given the fact Kara Lawsons team lost to a Top 20 opponent.

But the 76-74 loss Baylor took on Sunday night at Oregon was probably deserving on a five-place dip in the latest rankings.

Who Im watchingGeno Auriemma record watch.

The longtime UConn coach is now one win from tying retired Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveers all-time wins mark of 1,216.

VanDerveer, who had Stanfords court named in her honor on Sunday, called it a career after the 2023-24 season.

Auriemmas next chance to match VanDerveer is on Friday night when his second-ranked Huskies play No.

14 North Carolina in Greensboro, N.C.

(5 p.m., ESPN2).

The potential to set the record likely happens on Nov.

20 against Fairleigh Dickinson at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn..

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