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On3's women's basketball Top 25: Week one

Talia-HS-white-300x300by: Talia Goodman23 hours agoTaliaGoodmanWBB
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The women’s college basketball season is here and it’s already shaking things up. There were a ton of great games this week and the Top 25 has shifted significantly.

Reminder: My Top 25 will change a lot, especially early in the season. It’s based on a variety of factors, but mostly:

  • Results
  • Resume
  • Head-to-heads
  • Strength of schedule

1. UConn

Results: Wins over then-No. 21 Louisville and Florida State

Next up: vs. Loyola Chicago on Wednesday, vs. Ohio State on Sunday

2. Texas

Results: Wins over Incarnate Word and then-No. 25 Richmond

Next up: vs. Louisiana on Monday, vs. Texas Southern on Sunday

3. South Carolina

Results: Wins over Grand Canyon and Bowling Green

Next up: vs. Clemson on Tuesday, at USC on Saturday

4. UCLA

Results: Wins over San Diego State and UCSB

Next up: vs. Oklahoma on Monday, vs. UNC on Thursday, vs. USF on Saturday

5. LSU

Results: Wins over Houston Baptist, Southeastern Louisiana and Georgia Southern

Next up: vs. Charlotte on Wednesday

6. Oklahoma

Results: Win over Belmont

Next up: at UCLA on Monday, vs. Kansas City on Wednesday, vs. North Alabama on Friday, at Western Carolina on Sunday

7. North Carolina

Results: Wins over NC Central and Elon

Next up: vs. UCLA on Thursday, vs. Fairfield on Saturday

8. Michigan

Results: Wins over Canisius and Harvard

Next up: vs. Notre Dame on Saturday

9. Iowa State

Results: Wins over St. Thomas, Southern and Sacred Heart

Next up: vs. Valparaiso on Wednesday, vs. Norfolk State on Sunday

10. TCU

Results: Wins over NC A&T and Sam Houston State

Next up: vs. Tennessee State on Wednesday, at NC State on Sunday

11. Maryland

Results: Wins over Loyola (MD), UMBC and Georgetown

Next up: vs. Towson on Thursday, vs. Princeton on Sunday

12. USC

Results: Wins over New Mexico State and then-No. 9 NC State

Next up: vs. South Carolina on Saturday

13. NC State

Results: Win over then-No. 8 Tennessee and loss to then-unranked USC

Next up: vs. Maine on Tuesday, at TCU on Sunday

14. Tennessee

Results: Loss to then-No. 9 NC State, wins over ETSU and UT Martin

Next up: vs. Belmont on Thursday

15. Baylor

Results: Wins over then-No. 6 Duke and Lindenwood

Next up: at UNLV on Friday, vs. Le Moyne on Sunday

16. Duke

Results: Loss to then-unranked Baylor and win over Holy Cross

Next up: vs. Norfolk State on Wednesday, at West Virginia on Friday, at Liberty on Sunday

17. Ole Miss

Results: Wins over Norfolk State and Alabama A&M

Next up: vs. Southern on Wednesday

18. Michigan State

Results: Wins over Mercyhurst and Eastern Michigan

Next up: vs. Youngstown State on Wednesday, vs. Western Michigan on Sunday

19. Vanderbilt

Results: Win over Cal

Next up: vs. Furman on Monday, at Austin Peay on Wednesday

20. Washington

Results: Win over Seattle

Next up: vs. Montana on Monday, at Utah on Saturday

21. Iowa

Results: Wins over Southern and Evansville

Next up: vs. Drake on Thursday, at Northern Iowa on Sunday

22. Kentucky

Results: Wins over Morehead State, Monmouth and Buffalo

Next up: vs. USC Upstate on Wednesday, at Marshall on Saturday

23. Minnesota

Results: Wins over North Dakota and Manhattan

Next up: vs. Marquette on Tuesday, vs. NJIT on Friday

24. Louisville

Results: Loss to then-No. 1 UConn and win over Northern Kentucky

Next up: vs. Colorado on Wednesday, at Clemson on Sunday

25. Ohio State

Results: Win over Coppin State

Next up: vs. Bellarmine on Thursday, at UConn on Sunday

Honorable mentions:

Notre Dame, Richmond, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, West Virginia, Kansas State, Princeton, Fairfield, South Dakota State