Iowa No. 2 in girls’s AP High 25, South Carolina unanimous No. 1

Caitlin Clark and Iowa climbed again to No. 2 in The Related Press High 25 girls’s basketball ballot Monday because the star guard moved inside placing distance of the NCAA profession scoring file.

It is the second time in just a few weeks that the Hawkeyes have been second within the ballot, a spot that hasn’t been form to groups the previous month. UCLA, Iowa and Kansas State all took turns within the second place since Jan. 8 and not one of the colleges might maintain that rating for greater than every week at a time.

Whereas No. 2 has been a revolving door currently, South Carolina has maintained a robust grip atop the ballot, as soon as once more the unanimous No. 1 group from a 35-member nationwide media panel.

The Gamecocks (21-0) will host Missouri and No. 11 UConn this week. Daybreak Staley’s squad will play these video games with out star heart Kamilla Cardoso, who left for every week to play with the Brazilian nationwide group at an Olympic qualifying event.

Iowa has held the No. 2 spot twice earlier than this season, together with the week of Jan. 15 when the Hawkeyes misplaced to Ohio State.

Clark, who is barely 66 factors away from turning into the main scorer in NCAA girls’s basketball historical past, will try to make it an extended keep this time round. She’s going to lead the Hawkeyes in opposition to Penn State and Nebraska this week with Kelsey Plum’s file in view.

No. 3 North Carolina State, No. 4 Colorado and No. 5 Ohio State adopted Iowa. It is the Buckeyes’ finest rating this season.

Stanford fell two spots to sixth after dropping to JuJu Watkins and USC. The exceptional freshman scored 51 factors in that recreation.

Texas vaulted up 5 locations to seventh after beating Baylor and then-No. 2 Kansas State final week. The Wildcats fell to eighth after additionally dropping to Oklahoma, which entered the ballot at No. 24. UCLA was ninth and USC climbed 5 spots to tenth.

DEUCES WILD: Solely as soon as previously 15 years has a group been No. 2 all season lengthy: Stanford in 2009-10. It has been a unstable spot currently. Within the 2018-19 season, the No. 2 place modified 10 instances, probably the most in that span. There have already been seven No. 2 groups this season.

APPROACHING 1,200: UConn coach Geno Auriemma is one victory away from becoming a member of Tara VanDerveer (1,207) and Mike Krzyzewski (1,202) as the one Division I coaches with 1,200 victories. Auriemma’s first likelihood to succeed in that milestone is Wednesday when the Huskies host Seton Corridor.

TOUGH BREAK TAR HEELS: North Carolina fell out of the rankings this week regardless of shut losses to NC State and Virginia Tech. The Tar Heels have misplaced eight video games this season, together with 5 to presently ranked groups (South Carolina, Kansas State, UConn, Virginia Tech and N.C. State). All of these High 25 losses have been inside 12 factors. They’ve additionally crushed 4 present High 25 groups (Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Louisville).