Women’s college basketball rankings: Michigan up to No. 2 in AP Top 25 after UConn upset

19659001 Michigan is now No. 2 in the nation, ahead of USC and behind top-ranked South Carolina 19659002 Lindsay Gibbs 19459003 https://pmnsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/localimages/lindsay-gibbs700.png 19459004 lazy 19459005 40 19459006 40″> Nov 9, 2026 19459022 at 12:38 pm ET 19659005 – 19659006 2 minutes checked out 19659007 If the very first week of the ladies’s college basketball season is a precursor of things to come, then we remain in for an unbelievable 2026-27 season. The most significant story of the week was Michigan– which began the season ranked No. 5 (the group’s greatest preseason ranking in program history)– rapidly soaring to the greatest regular-season AP ranking in school history after a 77-66 upset of UConn rose the Wolverines approximately No. 2. 19659009 The Huskies, on the other hand, didn’t fall far, landing at No. 4. While UConn did lose its very first regular-season video game because Feb. 6, 2025, Geno Auriemma’s team recuperated well on Sunday with a 91-79 win over the No. 10 Iowa Hawkeyes, behind a career-high 39 points from 2026 National Player of the Year Sarah Strong. The Hawkeyes stayed at the No. 10 area, though they now share it with UCLA. In Other Places, JuJu Watkins likewise had an effective return for the USC Trojans after missing out on all of last season recuperating from ACL surgical treatment. The 2025 National Player of the Year is currently appearing like her old self; through 2 video games, she is balancing 26.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.0 helps and shooting 46.3% from the field in 26 minutes of play per video game. The Trojans stayed at No. 3 in the survey after their 2-0 start and got among the 33 first-place votes. All the other first-place votes went to South Carolina, which left to a terrific start to the season with a 101-93 win over Maryland in Paris on Monday and an 84-39 win over North Carolina on Sunday in Charlotte at the Ally Tipoff. Maryland looked so outstanding in the 2nd half of its loss to the Gamecocks that it really increased one area from No. 20 to No. 19, while the Tar Heels fell 11 areas to No. 23 after beginning the season 0-2. In addition to the loss to South Carolina, UNC was up to Oklahoma in their season opener. Oklahoma increased 7 areas to No. 14. 19659012 Here is a take a look at the rest of this week’s rankings. 19659013 AP Women’s Basketball Top 25 week 1 rankings RANK GROUP 19659016 RECORD POINTS PREV 1 South Carolina 19659021 2-0 19659022 823 (32) 1 2 19659025 Michigan 2-0 19659027 777 19659028 5 19659029 3 19659030 USC 19659031 2-0 734 (1) 3 4 19659035 UConn 19659036 2-1 733 2 5 19659040 Duke 2-0 19659042 681 19659043 4 19659044 6 19659045 Texas 19659046 2-0 641 19659048 6 7 Louisville 3-0 613 19659053 7 19659054 8 19659055 Vanderbilt 2-0 19659057 609 8 9 LSU 19659061 2-0 19659062 561 19659063 9 19659064 10 UCLA 2-0 469 11 10 Iowa 2-1 469 10 12 Kentucky 3-0 19659077 447 19659078 14 19659079 13 19659080 Notre Dame 2-0 430 19659083 13 14 19659085 Oklahoma 2-0 19659087 363 19659088 21 19659089 15 TCU 19659091 3-0 19659092 336 19659093 15 19659094 16 Washington 2-0 19659097 314 16 17 Ohio State 3-0 282 19659103 18 18 Minnesota 2-0 19659107 268 19659108 17 19659109 19 Oklahoma State 2-0 19659112 216 22 19 19659115 Maryland 1-1 216 20 19659119 21 Ole Miss 19659121 2-0 19659122 214 19 19659124 22 Illinois 2-0 19659127 134 19659128 23 23 19659130 North Carolina 0-2 19659132 110 12 24 West Virginia 19659136 3-0 19659137 108 24 19659139 25 Nebraska 2-0 19659142 44 NR Others getting votes: 19659145 Baylor (39 ), NC State (35 ), Arizona State (18 ), Virginia (18 ), Kansas (8 ), Michigan State (3 ), Fairfield (2 ), Colorado (2 ), Tennessee (1 ), Princeton (1)