With the WNBA Draft lottery on Sunday night, Sabreena Merchant took her talents to Miami … err, New York City … to project the 2025 WNBA Draft. And with her focus there, I was called in to pinch-hit on this week’s power rankings. As an AP voter, I’m sending in my top 25 each week, but now our readers can see exactly what I’m thinking about the upper echelon of women’s hoops (and where it differs from Sabreena’s thoughts).
In my view, there hasn’t been much, if any, change in the top 10 from the preseason, but that should change soon. Not to look too far ahead, but before our next round of power rankings, two games will give us a clear indication of where some elite teams stand and could preview for the Final Four in Tampa. Notre Dame plays USC at 4 p.m. (ET) Saturday on NBC, and South Carolina faces UCLA at 4 p.m. Sunday on FS1.
With that, let’s get to it.
Dropped out: Illinois (16), Iowa (21), Michigan State (22), Florida State (23), South Dakota State (24), Harvard (25)
Almost famous: Illinois, Nebraska
South Carolina bucks its slow-start trend
No team looks complete at the start of the season, but worrying trends can show themselves early, and it’s important to take notice and store that thought in the back of your brain. That’s how I felt about South…
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