Since then-No. 1 LSU lost on Day 1 of the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season, we’ve been prepared for anything. Multiple teams ranked in the top five have been upset. Potential No. 1 seeds have come and gone.
However, this past week was downright calm. The big news in the Week 5 ESPN Power Rankings? Everybody stayed put.
As we approach the holidays and schools having final exams, it’s not unusual for movement to stall a little as teams play fewer games. But it is odd to have no movement at all. Utah was the only one of our 16 teams that lost a game last week. And that was to No. 1 South Carolina, so the Utes didn’t drop.
There were some noteworthy performances, including Iowa‘s Caitlin Clark crossing the 3,000-point barrier in a victory at Iowa State on Wednesday. Four days later, the Indiana Fever won the top pick in the WNBA draft lottery. Whether they will have a chance to pick Clark — who could return next season due to the COVID-19 waiver — remains to be seen.
The Gamecocks stayed firm at No. 1, and UConn, which plunged to No. 17 in the…
