Texas rises to highest rating since 2022 in girls’s high 25

Texas rose to its highest rating in additional than a 12 months in The Related Press Prime 25 girls’s basketball ballot Monday after one other week of shakeups amongst the highest groups.

The Longhorns moved up two spots to No. 3 after 4 of the highest seven groups misplaced at the very least one sport final week. Texas hadn’t been this excessive within the Prime 25 because the faculty was additionally third on Nov. 14, 2022. Texas has received seven straight video games and closes out the common season this week towards No. 20 Oklahoma and BYU. The Longhorns are a sport behind the Sooners for first place within the Massive 12.

South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 group, receiving all 35 votes from the nationwide media panel, after routing Alabama and Kentucky. The Gamecocks clinched their third consecutive outright Southeastern Convention regular-season championship and eighth in 11 years. They go to Arkansas on Thursday evening earlier than internet hosting Tennessee within the regular-season finale on Sunday.

Ohio State was second within the ballot. The Buckeyes clinched a share of the Massive Ten title with their 14th consecutive win on Sunday.

Stanford was fourth after splitting a pair of dwelling video games towards Arizona and Arizona State. Regardless of the loss to the Wildcats, the Cardinal clinched at the very least a share of their twenty seventh Pac-12 regular-season championship.

Virginia Tech moved up three spots to fifth. The Hokies have received 10 consecutive video games and earned at the very least a share of their first ACC regular-season title at 14-2.

Iowa, USC and UCLA adopted the Hokies. LSU moved up 4 locations to ninth and UConn climbed 5 spots to tenth. It is the primary time that UCLA, LSU and UConn — who have been within the high 5 within the preseason ballot — are all within the high 10 in a month.

Falling Wolfpack

N.C. State dropped six spots to twelfth after losses to North Carolina and Duke. The Wolfpack had received eight of 9 earlier than the 2 defeats. Two losses separate second place and seventh place within the ACC standings as of Monday; Syracuse at 13-4 is in second and North Carolina and Duke, each 10-6, are in seventh. N.C. State hosts Syracuse on Thursday. The Orange are led by Dyaisha Honest, who moved into fifth on the NCAA profession scoring checklist on Sunday, passing Brittney Griner.

In and Out UNLV

UNLV re-entered the ballot this week, shifting in to No. 24. The Rebels are tied with West Virginia in that spot. Princeton fell out after dropping to Columbia on Saturday. The Lions obtained two votes, marking the second consecutive 12 months that Columbia has obtained factors within the Prime 25.

NCAA Reveal

The NCAA choice committee will reveal Thursday for the second time this 12 months its high 16 groups up so far within the season. There was a whole lot of motion amongst groups because the first reveal two weeks in the past that had South Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and Colorado because the potential No. 1 seeds.