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CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois women’s basketball team will not start the 2024-25 season as a ranked team.
The Illini were among the teams receiving votes in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 released late Tuesday morning.
Shauna Green’s team received 23 votes, which put Illinois 29th nominally in the preseason rankings. Illinois was behind Iowa (37), TCU (30) and Utah (24) among the teams receiving votes.
The Illini open the season in 23 days against No. 19 Florida State on Nov. 7 at State Farm Center in Champaign.
The full AP Top 25 preseason poll is as follows:
Rk., Team Record Pts. Prev.
1. South Carolina (27) 0-0 745 1
2. Connecticut (2) 0-0 708 3
3. Southern Cal (1) 0-0 697 5
4. Texas 0-0 641 7
5. UCLA 0-0 628 10
6. Notre Dame 0-0 614 11
7. LSU 0-0 549 6
8. Iowa State 0-0 521 25
9. North Carolina State 0-0 510 4
10. Oklahoma 0-0 441 21
11. Duke 0-0 439 17
12. Baylor 0-0 422 13
13. Kansas State 0-0 390 19
14. Ohio State 0-0 372 16
15. North Carolina 0-0 285 NR
16. West Virginia 0-0 277 24
17. Louisville 0-0 250 NR
18. Maryland 0-0 227 NR
19. Florida State 0-0 191 NR
20. Mississippi 0-0 165 NR
21. Creighton 0-0 152 23
22. Kentucky 0-0 108 NR
23. Nebraska 0-0 106 NR
24. Alabama 0-0 67 NR
25. Indiana 0-0 46 12
Others receiving votes: Iowa 37, TCU 30, Utah 24, Illinois 23, Stanford 17, Michigan State 16, Gonzaga 16, Vanderbilt 12, South Dakota St. 7, Miami 4, Tennessee 3, Fairfield 3, Middle Tennessee 3, Georgia Tech 2, Syracuse 1, Princeton 1.
Illinois beat writer Joe Vozzelli of The News-Gazette is a member of the 30-person national panel for the AP Top 25. Here’s his preseason ballot:
Rk., Team
1. South Carolina
2. Connecticut
3. Southern Cal
4. UCLA
5. Texas
6. Notre Dame
7. Iowa State
8. LSU
9. Duke
10. North Carolina State
11. Baylor
12. Oklahoma
13. Ohio State
14. Kansas State
15. Maryland
16. Louisville
17. West Virginia
18. Florida State
19. North Carolina
20. Mississippi
21. Creighton
22. Nebraska
23. Alabama
24. Illinois
25. Iowa
