COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State’s women’s basketball team has reached its highest ranking of the season thus far with a four-place jump going into February.
The Buckeyes (19-1, 8-1) hopped to No. 8 in the latest Associated Press poll after last week’s Big Ten wins over former No. 8 Maryland on Thursday and over Nebraska on Sunday. OSU has yet to lose to a ranked team this season and are among five teams in the country with one loss or no losses (No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 South Carolina, No. 4 USC, and No. 7 LSU).
Thursday’s victory over Maryland sent the Terps down to No. 14 and make the Buckeyes the third highest-ranked Big Ten team in the country.
Associated Press poll (January 27)
| 1 | UCLA (31) |
| 2 | South Carolina (1) |
| 3 | Notre Dame |
| 4 | USC |
| 5 | Texas |
| 6 | UConn |
| 7 | LSU |
| 8 | Ohio State |
| 9 | TCU |
| 10 | Duke |
| 11 | Kansas State |
| 12 | Kentucky |
| 13 | Oklahoma |
| 14 | Maryland |
| 15 | North Carolina |
| 16 | Michigan State |
| 17 | North Carolina State |
| 18 | Tennessee |
| 19 | California |
| 20 | Georgia Tech |
| 21 | West Virginia |
| 22 | Alabama |
| 23 | Vanderbilt |
| 24 | Oklahoma State |
| 25 | Florida State |
Ohio State will host Washington Sunday at 5 p.m. before heading to the West Coast to face two of the best teams in the nation.
Next week, the Buckeyes will face No. 1 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 5 at 9:30 p.m. before taking on No. 4 USC on Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. Ohio State’s game at UCLA can be streamed exclusively on Peacock, a platform owned by NBC and not NBC4’s parent company Nexstar.
