Women’s Power Rankings: Can Texas take first place in SEC? – espn

The victory of Philadelphia’s blowing eagles at Super Bowl Lix was ultimately far from the most captivating sporting event that happened last Sunday.

At Basketball Basketball College in the top five earlier this afternoon, No. 4 Texas upset No. 2 South Carolina 66-62, celebrating for the first time since December 2021 that South Carolina had played a game in the regular season of SEC-in other words, Two national championships for Gamecocks. The match has accumulated over one million television viewers.

The victory was a long time to come to Texas-it was the first coach Vic Schaefer in 10 attempts against the highest ranked Dawn Staley troops and revenge on the 17-point Longhorns defeat from South Carolina in January. A big picture, the result increased the retention of Texas of # 1 seed for the NCAA tournament and made the SEC title race more interesting, as South Carolina, Texas and LSU all sit at the top of the conference ranking in 10-1. Plus, she shook things in ESPN’s latest Power charts, with Notre Dame and Texas entering the # 2 and # 3 behind Ucla of the best dogs, while South Carolina fell at # 4.

Expect even more rattling in the ranking, ranking and predicted field of NCAA Tournament this week. USC and UCLA are confronted with a Marquee match on Thursday in the center of Galen. Sunday has a pair of ABC’s top 10 Showdowns, starting with Uconn, which takes South Carolina at 1:00 pm, and LSU stood against Texas at 15:00 on Monday. Everyone will look at meetings, as the regular season is approaching its close and post -season games quickly approaching. – Alex Filippo

Previous ranking: 1

Bruins are the last unbeaten program after taking two wins last week, including one against Ranked Ohio State. All the eyes are on the match on Thursday against the Crosstown USC rival, which could provide them with a large test. – Kendra Andrews

The next seven days: @ USC (February 13), against Michigan State (February 16)

Previous ranking: 3

Notre Dame passed to Stanford his worst loss in the history of the program (49 points) and then followed by building a 23-point lead against mud in the first half. With the way the Irish shoot and the depth they have proven that there are no signs that they are slowing down. – Andrew

The next seven days: @ Pittsburgh (February 13), vs. Duke (February 17th)

Previous ranking: 5

You can’t talk about the great Longhorns disorder without talking about the star sophomore Madison Booker. Booker had to work for his shots on Sunday, but still led all the players at the points and became the first Longhorn 2019, which made 20 points and 10 fights against the AP Top-10 opponent. The publications Taylor Jones and Kayla Oldacre were also impactful with combined 24 points, 12 rebounds and 6 thefts and will be crucial to Texas, as it seeks to return to the final four for the first time in two decades. – Filippo

The next seven days: @ Kentucky (February 13), against LSU (February 16)

Previous ranking: 2

Gamecocks raised its second loss last week, falling into Texas with only four points. It was the first loss of South Carolina’s regular SEC in 57 games. – Andrew

The next seven days: vs. Florida (February 13), against Uconn (February 16)

Previous ranking: 4

LSU pulled out two slightly narrow victories over Foes Sec Missouri and Tennessee, while Lady Vols came down from their huge disorder over Uconn. The more Kaylin Gilbert can establish himself as a reliable fourth goal scorer to complement the big tiger – as he did against Tennessee last weekend – more likely LSU is to make real noise in March. The match on Sunday against the growing Longhorns should be a lacquo test of whether the tigers belong to the upper tier of the contenders for the national title. – Filippo

The next seven days: @ Texas (February 16)

Previous ranking: 7

The Trojans dominated Ohio, beat him with 21 points. But here comes the real test: Ucla. This will be a Hollywood match and can see the USC to hand over to Bruins its first loss of the season. – Andrew

The next seven days: against UCLA (February 13), @ Washington (February 16)

Previous ranking: 8

BucKeyes had the opportunity to prove that they were among the largest elite of Big Ten, but they fell apart in both road racing against the Top-10 Squads Ucla and USC. The Ucla game was at least more competitive – the result was bound at the beginning of the fourth quarter, before Bruins this crime in Ohio became cold in both exits, shooting 29.4% of the pitch. Kevin McGuf’s team can return on the journey this week against probably the NCAA Tournament teams Minnesota and Iowa. – Filippo

The next seven days: against Minnesota (February 13), against Iowa (February 17th)

Previous ranking: 6

Geno Auriem was not pleased with how they dealt with his Husky. 19 Tennessee in the loss of 80-76 on Thursday to Lady Wolls, the first time Uconn came across his historical rival after the resumption of the series in 2020. In particular, the coach was critical of the star Paj Bookers due to the lack of aggression and said, that he wants to see more from the Jana El Alfy Red Fruit Center. These two and the rest of the Husky will look to respond to Aurema’s challenge on Sunday against perhaps their most difficult opponent this season: No. 4 South Carolina, at the Colonial Life Arena. – Filippo

The next seven days: against St. Jones (February 12), @ South Carolina (February 16)

Previous ranking: 11

It was a week for Kansas, which first took a big victory over then. 9 TCU behind the season of Serina Sundal 27 points, but then stunned by Oklahoma on Saturday. Not so much was the result, which was surprising, but the way Wildcats lost by overtaking 51-20 in the first half and allowing the cowboys to run 14 3-3 indicators. But with the teams around them, there were worse weeks, Kansas State eventually won in these power charts, because he can at least boast this TCU victory. Fortunately, Star Center Ayoka Lee can return in about 10 days, according to Hoops HQ from Eden Laase. – Filippo

The next seven days: @ Cincinnati (February 12), vs. UCF (February 15), @ West Virginia (February 17)

Previous ranking: 10

TCU continues to glide, including a loss to Kansas last week. The defenses were pressed heavily on Haley van Litt and even doubled Sedona Prince Low, where it was difficult for the horned frogs to create a flowing crime. – Andrew

The next seven days: @ Arizona (February 16)

Previous ranking: 9

Kenny Brooks’s Wildcats were beginning to play Sec: they are proud of big victories over Vanderbilt, Alabama and Oklahoma, but their pairs of conference are in Texas A&M and Monday Ole Miss. In the last competition, Kentucky had overtook 54-33, made 21 less shots of the rebels and exceeded 35-20 after half. Ole Miss is not Slouch, but the Wildcats conference schedule will only grow from here, starting with a game on Thursday against Texas before they later end their regular season against LSU, Tennessee and South Carolina. – Filippo

The next seven days: vs. Texas (February 13), against Georgia (February 16)

Previous ranking: 12

During the bigger part of the season, NC State is not the same jungle that it was last season, but the squad will finally find its groove. On February 3, Wolfpack provided a signature victory by defeating Duke, and on Sunday they followed this with a beat of the impact then. 22 Florida. Overall, the Wes Moore team has won 15 of their last 16 games and is second in the ACC standings behind Notre Dame. How the NC state, as its conference schedule intensifies – starting from Sunday when it plays UNC on the road – will mean whether Wolfpack has really transferred a switch. – Filippo

The next seven days: Against Miami (February 13), @ North Carolina (February 16)

Previous ranking: 13

Duke took care of the business after losing last week at the NC State, bringing together comfortable victories over Clemson (from 19) and Miami (with 41) behind a combined 44 -point from the star freshman Toby Fournie. A growth sign for Kara Loson’s team will be to be upset next Monday against Notre Dame, who jumped to # 2 in the AP poll, guaranteeing the blue devils the potential for signature profit. – Filippo

The next seven days: @ Wake Forest (February 13), @ Notre Dame (February 17th)

Previous ranking: 14

Oklahoma almost left the game to slip to an unrivaled ore as he worked without his leading goal scorer Reagan Beers. The good news for SOONERS is that they enter into a easier part of their schedule, which should allow them to arrange some profits. – Andrew

The next seven days: @ Missouri (February 16)

Previous ranking: 15

North Carolina had several narrow matches recently, defeating California to 11, and then Stanford and Clemson each of two. The Sunday victory over the Tigers presented a winner of Renier Kelly with 42 seconds to ensure that Tar Heels remains one of the three teams in the country still unbeaten on the road. But the next big UNC test will actually be home at Carmichael Arena when he hosted NC State, which shot to # 10th place in the AP poll this week. – Filippo

The next seven days: vs. Virginia Tech (February 13), against NC State (February 16)

Previous ranking: Nr

Lady Vols had a split week, losing from LSU with only five points, but then took a huge victory over Uconn with a four-point upset victory in this 2007 rivalry, which the victory washes every sour taste, and now a quarterly home They must allow them to build some speed when the schedule is directed by March. – Andrew

The next seven days: vs. Irebun (February 13), against Ole Miss (February 16)

Fell out: Michigan State Spartans