NCAA women’s basketball Power Rankings: Could UCLA make the Final Four?

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The UCLA Bruins are someplace they’ve never been before this season — and we don’t just mean their membership in the Big Ten. They are 20-0 for the first time in program history, and this is their 10th week atop ESPN’s women’s college basketball Power Rankings. They are the only unbeaten team left in Division I women’s or men’s hoops.

The Bruins are one game away from matching their program’s longest winning streak; they had 21 consecutive victories in 1977-78, when they won the AIAW national championship and finished 27-3.

UCLA has never been to the women’s Final Four in the NCAA tournament, which began with the 1981-82 season. But the way the Bruins have been playing in 2024-25, they appear to have a good chance to end the season in Tampa.

UCLA won its season opener 66-59 over Louisville at the Aflac Oui-Play doubleheader Nov. 4 in Paris. Since, the Bruins have won all 19 games by double digits, another program-best streak. What’s working? Everything. UCLA ranks first in Division I in rebounding margin (16.3), third in field goal percentage…

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