Women's college basketball rankings: UConn stays on top after 13th straight conference tournament championship

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It’s official: UConn will tip off the 2026 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25. The Huskies boast a perfect 34-0 record after winning their 13th straight conference tournament last Monday and just earned their 15th overall No. 1 seed in program history for the Big Dance.

There was not a lot of movement in this week’s rankings because most of the major conference tournaments wrapped up a week ago. The only change was West Virginia trading spots with Ohio State and moving up one spot to No. 11.

Princeton already had a good enough resume to make it into the NCAA Tournament, but the Tigers earned an automatic bid by winning their seventh Ivy League tournament. Princeton stayed at No. 23 this week, which marks the 12th week Carla Berube’s team has been ranked this season — more than any other mid-major program.

This will be the last AP poll released until the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament. The SEC has the most teams in the Top 25 with eight, while the Big Ten follows closely with seven. When it comes to the Big Dance, the Big Ten set the pace with a total of 12 teams. The action will begin with the First Four on Wednesday and Thursday.

AP Women’s Basketball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Prev.
1	UConn	34-0	772 (28)	1
2	UCLA	31-1	747 (3)	2
3	Texas	31-3	713	3
4	South Carolina	31-3	682	4
5	LSU	27-5	643	5
6	Vanderbilt	27-4	610	6
7	Iowa	26-6	560	7
8	Duke	24-8	547	8
9	Michigan	25-6	485	9
10	Oklahoma	24-7	468	10
11	West Virginia	27-6	452	12
12	Ohio State	26-7	450	11
13	Louisville	27-7	439	13
14	TCU	29-5	420	14
15	North Carolina	26-7	306	15
16	Kentucky	23-10	284	16
17	Maryland	23-8	272	17
18	Minnesota	22-8	234	18
19	Ole Miss	23-11	211	19
20	Michigan State	22-8	191	20
21	Baylor	24-8	128	21
22	Notre Dame	22-10	105	22
23	Princeton	26-3	94	23
24	Georgia	22-9	60	24
25	Texas Tech	25-7	52	25