AP Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll: 3 SEC teams crack top 25, including 2 in top 5

The preseason women’s college basketball AP Poll has been released, and there are 3 SEC teams in the top 25.

Reigning champion South Carolina checks in at No. 1 in the poll, followed by Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee in the top 5. Elsewhere in the poll, the LSU Tigers are the third SEC team in the top 25, with Kim Mulkey’s crew ranking No. 16.

Several SEC teams — Georgia, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Florida and Alabama — are all included in the “also receiving votes” section.

Check out the full AP women’s hoops top 25 rankings here:

AP Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll

#1 South Carolina
#2 Stanford
#3 Texas
#4 Iowa
#5 Tennessee
#6 UConn
#7 Louisville
#8 Iowa State
#9 Notre Dame
#10 NC State
#11 Indiana
#12 North Carolina
#13 Virginia Tech
#14 Ohio State
#15 Oklahoma
#16 LSU
#17 Maryland
#18 Baylor
#19 Arizona
#20 Oregon
#21 Creighton
#22 Nebraska
#23 South Dakota State
#24 Princeton
#25 Michigan

Also receiving votes: 

Utah 35, UCLA 26, Villanova 25, Kansas 25, DePaul 19, Georgia 17, Belmont 14, Miami (FL) 11, South Dakota 9, Kansas State 5, Ole Miss 5, BYU 4, Arkansas 3, South Florida 3, Florida 3, Gonzaga 3, UCF 2, Duke 2, Alabama 2, Washington State 1

Adam Spencer

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