2024 AP Poll Top 25 Women's College Basketball Rankings for Week 17: Updated NCAAB Rankings

The women's college basketball scene is going to be extremely intriguing as the AP Poll Top 25 for Week 17 is officially out. With the conference tournaments and Selection Sunday coming up in the next couple of weeks, we are getting close to the end of the college basketball season.

But what does the AP Poll Top 25 actually look like? Let's take a look at the most recent poll.

AP Poll Top 25 Breakdown

The AP Poll had a lot of major changes in everything but the top spot as the South Carolina Gamecocks remained undefeated. The top five are now South Carolina, Stanford, Iowa, Ohio State and USC.

Below is the entire top 25 for the women's college basketball.

Ranking	Team	Record
1	South Carolina	29-0
2	Stanford	26-4
3	Iowa	26-4
4	Ohio State	25-4
5	USC	23-5
6	Texas	27-4
7	UCLA	24-5
8	LSU	26-4
9	UConn	26-5
10	North Carolina State	25-5
11	Virginia Tech	23-6
12	Indiana	24-4
13	Oregon State	23-6
14	Notre Dame	23-6
15	Gonzaga	29-2
16	Kansas State	24-6
17	Baylor	23-6
18	Colorado	21-8
19	Oklahoma	21-8
20	Syracuse	23-6
21	Creighton	24-4
22	Utah	21-9
23	UNLV	26-2
24	Louisville	23-8
25	Fairfield	26-1

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Who climbed the most in this week's AP Poll Top 25?

The Baylor Bears had the most significant climb from last week's AP Poll as the team jumped four spots to 17th in the country. The program played two games since last week's poll and they went 2-0.

The first game saw the Bears pick up a 74-55 road win against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Tuesday. Then they were able to show their dominance on Sunday as they won 67-45 at home against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

They are looking to continue dominating throughout the postseason as they ended the regular season as well as they possibly could.

Who has fallen the most in this week's AP Poll Top 25?

The Colorado Buffaloes had the biggest drop as they fell five spots and now sit 18th in this week's AP Poll. They had a tough stretch as they went winless in their two games this week.

The first game on Monday saw them lose on the road to the UCLA Bruins 53-45. Their other game was more disappointing as they lost at home to an unranked Washington State Cougars team, 72-63 on Saturday.

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Edited by Nicolaas Ackermann