Michigan shoots to No. 2 in AP Top 25 women's hoops poll - ESPN

Kim Barnes Arico and Michigan used the biggest regular-season win in program history to move up to No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll on Monday.

It's the Wolverines' best ranking ever and came after a 77-66 victory over then-No. 2 UConn last week. Michigan, which was ranked fifth in the preseason poll, surpassed its previous high of fourth on Feb. 7, 2022.

«To be in position today to beat Connecticut and be the No. 2 ranked team in the country, it's just a credit to our players and credit to our staff,» Barnes Arico said in a phone interview. «To have an opportunity to be in the top five and beat the best program of all time this week was really special.»

The Wolverines were one of 10 Big Ten teams ranked this week, matching the record set by the Southeastern Conference last season.

South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in the Top 25 in the first regular-season poll after wins over Maryland and North Carolina, two ranked teams, to start the season. The Gamecocks received all but one of the first-place ballots from the national 33-member media panel.

USC was third, garnering the other first-place vote. UConn dropped two spots to fourth while Duke rounded out the first five.

The rest of the rankings Texas, Louisville, Vanderbilt, LSU were next. UCLA and Iowa were tied for 10th. Kentucky and Notre Dame followed them. Oklahoma jumped up seven spots to No. 14 after routing North Carolina in the season opener in France.

TCU, Washington, Ohio State, Minnesota, Oklahoma State and Maryland were 15-20. The final five were Ole Miss, Illinois, North Carolina, West Virginia and Nebraska. The Cornhuskers entered at No. 25 while N.C. State fell out.

Conference supremacy The Big Ten has 10 teams in the Top 25.