The landscape of women’s college basketball is going to look very different when November arrives and the 2024-25 season begins.
Caitlin Clark will be gone. So will Angel Reese. The Pac-12 will be no more.
USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington will be in the Big Ten. Oklahoma and Texas will be calling the SEC home. They will be replaced in the Big 12 by Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah. Gonzaga will have to hold off newcomers Oregon State and Washington State to remain the dominant program in the WCC. Stanford and Cal, along with SMU, will be forging new rivalries with Notre Dame and NC State in the ACC.
The NCAA tournament could have some changes, too.
And with transfers still making decisions and so many players eligible to use a fifth year per the COVID-19 waiver, this top 25 will likely change too. Plenty. But the offseason starts now. Here’s our Way-Too-Early Top 25.
A third consecutive undefeated regular season might be too much to ask, but that doesn’t mean South Carolina won’t be the favorite. At this point, Kamilla Cardoso is the only player set to leave. Her inside dominance will be missed, but the Gamecocks won five games…
