Southern Cal’s stunning loss to Iowa dropped the Trojans three spots to No. 7 in The Related Press Prime 25 girls’s ballot launched Monday.
Sunday’s 76-69 loss to the Hawkeyes — which got here as Iowa retired former star Caitlin Clark’s jersey — was the second of the season for the Trojans (19-2), with the primary coming in November in opposition to visiting Notre Dame.
The highest three groups — UCLA (21-0), South Carolina (21-1) and Notre Dame (19-2) — remained the identical as final week’s ballot, with the Bruins nabbing all 32 first-place votes as the one workforce that is still unbeaten.
Coming in behind Notre Dame are three groups that moved up one spot with USC’s drop — No. 4 Texas (22-2), No. 5 UConn (21-2) and No. 6 LSU (23-1). Behind them, Ohio State (20-1) TCU (21-2), and Duke (17-4) spherical out the highest 10.
No groups exited the ballot this week however many positions had been shuffled, with Michigan State (18-4) sustaining the largest drop — 4 spots — to No. 20 because of a 63-59 dwelling loss to Oregon on Thursday.
The remainder of this week’s Prime 25:
11. Kentucky (19-2)
12. Kansas State (21-2)
13. North Carolina (20-4)
14. North Carolina State (17-4)
15. Oklahoma (16-6)
16. Maryland (17-5)
17. Georgia Tech (18-4)
18. West Virginia (17-4)
19. Tennessee (16-5)
20. Michigan State (18-4)
21. Cal (19-4)
22. Florida State (18-4)
23. Alabama (18-5)
24. Vanderbilt (18-5)
25. Oklahoma State (18-4)
–Subject Stage Media