Iowa women's basketball stays put in latest Coaches Poll rankings
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After Iowa women's basketball (10-1, 1-0 Big Ten) split its two matchups last week, with a close 74-69 defeat at Iowa State and a 102-68 blowout victory over Lindenwood, the Hawkeyes' ranking didn't change in the latest USA TODAY Sports women's basketball coaches poll.
Iowa remains the nation's No. 12 team in the latest Coaches Poll rankings after earning 395 points from the voters.
There are eight other Big Ten programs ranked inside the latest Coaches Poll, including No. 4 UCLA, No. 6 Maryland, No. 9 Michigan, No. 19 USC, No. 21 Ohio State, No. 22 Washington, No. 23 Michigan State, and No. 25 Nebraska. Oregon is also receiving votes.
Of the nine ranked Big Ten programs this week, nobody rose more than one spot. However, Michigan was leapt in the rankings by Oklahoma despite the Wolverines beating Akron, 85-59, and USC fell two spots after getting blown out at home against No. 1 UConn, 79-51.
Iowa plays just one game this week, but it happens to be one of the most high-profile matchups on the Week 7 schedule. The Hawkeyes clash against aforementioned and top-ranked UConn (10-0) in the Shark Beauty Women's Champions Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 12:30 p.m. CT on Fox.
Here's a look at the full USA TODAY Sports women's basketball coaches poll:Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo 1 UConn 10-0 772 28 1 - 1/1 2 Texas 12-0 747 3 2 - 2/4 3 South Carolina 10-1 702 0 3 - 2/3 4 UCLA 9-1 674 0 4 - 3/4 5 LSU 11-0 649 0 5 - 5/5 6 Maryland 12-0 607 0 6 - 6/10 7 TCU 11-0 573 0 7 - 7/12 8 Oklahoma 11-1 549 0 9 +1 6/9 9 Michigan 9-1 547 0 8 -1 8/15 10 Iowa State 12-0 514 0 10 - 10/18 11 Vanderbilt 10-0 412 0 13 +2 11/21 12 Iowa 10-1 395 0 12 - 12/23 13 Kentucky 11-1 393 0 15 +2 13/20 14 Ole Miss 10-1 358 0 16 +2 13/16 15 Baylor 10-2 302 0 14 -1 10/18 16 North Carolina 9-3 284 0 11 -5 8/16 17 Louisville 10-3 277 0 20 +3 17/22 18 Tennessee 7-2 273 0 18 - 9/18 19 USC 7-3 245 0 17 -2 10/19 20 Notre Dame 8-2 214 0 19 -1 13/23 21 Ohio State 9-1 156 0 21 - 21/NR 22 Washington 9-1 100 0 23 +1 22/NR 23 Michigan State 9-1 92 0 24 +1 20/NR 24 Alabama 11-0 66 0 25 +1 24/NR 25 Nebraska 11-0 63 0 NR +1 25/NR
Schools Dropped Out
No. 22 Oklahoma State;
Others Receiving Votes
Oklahoma State 37; Texas Tech 23; West Virginia 16; Princeton 14; Duke 13; Oregon 5; South Dakota State 3;
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