The top five of the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll got a bit of a makeover, thanks to a big week for Texas. But even that wasn’t enough to wrest away the No. 1 spot.
Connecticut stays on top, retaining 28 of 31 first-place votes. The Lady Longhorns, who took the other No. 1 votes, move up to No. 2 after taking down both UCLA and South Carolina at the Players’ Era event in Las Vegas. The voters were kind to the Gamecocks and Bruins, however, as each falls just one position to No. 3 and 4 respectively.
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The rest of the top 10 stays mostly the same as LSU, Maryland and TCU stay put in the next three spots. No. 8 Michigan swaps places with No. 9 Oklahoma this week, and North Carolina continues to round out the top 10.
Ohio State joins the poll at No. 24, replacing West Virginia.