South Carolina Tops Preseason AP Top 25 Women’s Basketball Poll
The South Carolina women's basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll, with UConn and USC also featuring in the top rankings.
Springfield Holyoke, MA, October 20, 2026 —
South Carolina is ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll for women’s basketball. UConn and USC are also among the teams featuring in the poll’s top rankings, according to the information provided.
The available details do not specify UConn’s or USC’s individual positions. They also do not identify the other teams in the rankings, provide the poll’s release date, or include comments from teams, coaches or poll voters. No additional information was provided about how the preseason rankings were determined.
The ranking identifies South Carolina as the poll’s top team ahead of the season. The preseason designation indicates that the ranking is for the period before the season begins; the information provided does not give further details about the schedule or how the teams may fare once games are played.
UConn and USC’s inclusion in the top rankings places both programs among the teams highlighted alongside South Carolina, but their exact positions are not stated. The available summary also does not provide rankings history or other context for the three teams.
Further details about the full poll, its publication date and the positions of the other teams were not included in the information provided. As a result, the confirmed ranking detail is limited to South Carolina at No. 1, with UConn and USC also featuring in the top rankings.
Story summarized from the original created by DOUG FEINBERG, Associated Press on www.wwlp.com, see more information here.
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