South Carolina No. 1 for 37th straight week; Iowa now No. 2

South Carolina stands alone with the second-longest streak atop the Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll, as the Gamecocks remained No. 1 for a 37th consecutive week.

The Gamecocks (32-0) won the Southeastern Conference tournament over the weekend to remain undefeated heading into the NCAA tourney. South Carolina, which received all 28 first-place votes from a national media panel Monday, broke a tie with Louisiana Tech for most consecutive weeks at No. 1. The defending national champion now trails only UConn's run of 51 straight weeks atop the Top 25.

With the final poll of the season set to come out next week, the Gamecocks are poised to go wire-to-wire at No. 1 this season ahead of the NCAA tournament.

First-place votes in parentheses.

Iowa moved up five spots to No. 2 after running through the Big Ten tournament. The Hawkeyes routed Ohio State by 33 points in the title game Sunday behind another strong effort from Caitlin Clark, who had the third triple-double in conference tournament history.

It is the Hawkeyes' best ranking since they had an eight-week run at No. 2 in 1994.

Indiana dropped one place to third, with Virginia Tech moving up four places to No. 4. The Hokies, who won the ACC tournament for the first time, have their highest ranking ever.

Stanford and Maryland were the next two. UConn moved up to seventh, followed by Utah and LSU. The Utes and Tigers each dropped five spots after losing in their respective conference tournaments.

Villanova finished outside the top 10. It's the Wildcats' best ranking ever, and it came as they prepared to face UConn for the Big East title late Monday.

Tennessee jumped back into the poll at No. 24 after making a run to the SEC tournament final. South Florida and