KU’s undefeated women’s basketball team ranked in AP poll for first time since 2013
Kansas’ undefeated women’s basketball team has entered the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
The Jayhawks, 9-0 following Sunday’s win over Wichita State, were awarded a No. 22 ranking by the AP on Monday.
The national ranking is the first for the program since January 14, 2013, when the Jayhawks were ranked No. 23. KU was ranked for nine weeks during the 2012-13 season.
“We’ve talked a lot about being a program on the rise and we feel like the trajectory of our program is headed in a positive direction. I think earning a spot in the AP Poll for the first time since 2013 is the latest indication of that,” KU coach Brandon Schneider said Monday. “We feel good about it, in terms of the program validation, but we’re in the nonconference portion of our schedule and we have a lot of goals still in front of us.”
The Jayhawks on Monday were named ESPN’s Team of the Week following victories over Wichita State, 72-52 on Sunday, and at No. 12 Arizona, 77-50 on Thursday night in Tucson.
KU is 9-0 for the fourth time in program history and first time since opening 11-0 during the 2019-20 season. KU has won seven consecutive games by 20 or more points. The last time KU had a seven-game streak with a winning margin of 20-plus points came during the 1980-81 season.
KU is one of 12 unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I women’s basketball and the last remaining unbeaten team in the Big 12. KU is joined in the poll by Big 12 teams Iowa State (No. 14), Baylor (18) and Oklahoma (24).
South Carolina is ranked No. 1 in the AP poll, followed by Stanford, Ohio State, Indiana, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, North Carolina State, UConn and UCLA in the top 10.
Kansas State and Missouri both are in this week’s “others receiving votes” category.
The No. 22-ranked Jayhawks will next meet Tulsa at 7 p.m. Friday at Allen Fieldhouse.
