Iowa sees slight dip in AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll

After Friday’s 92-86 victory vs. Northern Iowa (5-6) from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the Iowa women’s basketball team (10-2, 0-1 Big Ten) dropped slightly to No. 24 in the AP Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Poll for Week 8.

While the Hawkeyes defeated the Panthers, who were powered by a 30-point performance by star guard Maya McDermott, the six-point win was unable to provide Iowa with much leverage to remain at their previously-held No. 22 position entering the holiday break.

Iowa will look to boost its resume when the team returns from the holiday break on Dec. 29 vs. Purdue (7-5, 0-1 Big Ten) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena at 2 p.m. CT on Big Ten Network Plus.

The Big Ten remains well represented in the latest top 25. UCLA is still atop the poll as the No. 1 team in the nation. Following the Bruins are No. 8 Maryland, No. 10 Ohio State, No. 19 Michigan State, and No. 23 Michigan.

The lone Big Ten program to drop out of the top 25 was Nebraska, following their 72-61 loss to then-No. 17 Georgia Tech. The Cornhuskers now join Illinois as the two conference members in the receiving votes category of this week’s poll.

Below is a look at the full AP Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Poll for Week 8.

Rank	Team	Record	Points
1	UCLA	12-0	798 (30)
2	South Carolina	11-1	764 (1)
3	Notre Dame	10-2	727 (1)
4	USC	11-1	688
5	Texas	12-1	641
6	LSU	14-0	636
7	UConn	10-2	611
8	Maryland	11-0	602
9	Oklahoma	11-1	535
10	Ohio State	12-0	505
11	TCU	12-1	478
12	Kansas State	13-1	457
13	Georgia Tech	13-0	382
14	Duke	10-3	368
15	Tennessee	11-0	323
16	Kentucky	10-1	322
17	North Carolina	12-2	288
18	West Virginia	10-2	224
19	Michigan State	11-1	203
20	Alabama	12-1	165
21	California	13-1	153
22	North Carolina State	9-3	147
23	Michigan	10-2	122
24	Iowa	10-2	114
25	Ole Miss	8-3	64