NCAA Women's Basketball NewsTuesday, Feb 3, 2026

The new women's AP Top 25 poll is out. The bottom half of the top 10 got reshuffled.

UConn, UCLA, South Carolina, and Texas continues to look like the four best teams in women's college basketball after another strong showing in this week's women's basketball Power 10.

Joyce Edwards had 28 points and Tessa Johnson added 19 and tied a career high with five 3-pointers to help No. 3 South Carolina outlast Texas A&M 71-56 Monday night. Johnson made her first four 3-point attempts and made all five of her 3s in the first half. The Aggies had made six free throws in the fourth, but missed their first 10 shots of the quarter before Janae Kent made a 3-pointer with 90 seconds remaining.

Cotie McMahon scored 20 points and No. 13 Mississippi rolled to a 71-45 victory over Auburn at neutral site Legacy Arena on Monday night. McMahon made 7 of 13 shots, 6 of 8 free throws and grabbed seven rebounds for the host Rebels (19-4, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), who have won three straight and five of six. Sira Thienou totaled 14 points and eight rebounds for Ole Miss. Christeen Iwuala added 12 points and 11 rebounds for her ninth double-double this season.

Twenty-four of the top players in 2026 recruiting class will be represented in Arizona on March 31

Louisville moved up to sixth for its best ranking in four years in The Associated Press women’s Top 25 basketball poll, as part of a major shuffle of the back-end of the top 10.

Plus, a look at which teams are still in the hunt for a top-16 seed

The Associated Press College Basketball Players for week 13 are UConn's Sarah Strong and Arizona's Brayden Burries.

Here are the top 10 women's college basketball teams by NET ranking, who is already fighting on the bubble and the biggest risers and fallers through week 13.