COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio State women’s basketball team maintained its spot amongst the NCAA leaders in the latest women’s basketball AP Top 25 poll after a pair of conference wins last week.
The Buckeyes (15-0, 4-0 in the Big Ten) came away with an impressive victory over No. 14 Michigan on New Year’s Eve and coasted to a win at Northwestern last Wednesday. The wins helped OSU maintain its post as the No. 3 ranked team in the country.
The Michigan victory tied a program record for the best start in Ohio State women’s basketball history. The last time OSU started 15-0 was the 2011-12 season, in which it finished 25-7 (11-5) but lost in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
This week the Buckeyes travel to Minnesota on Thursday for an 8 p.m. tipoff, then host Illinois Sunday at 1 p.m.
AP Poll (Jan. 2, 2023)
| 1. South Carolina (28) | 11-0 | 700 | 1 |
| 2. Stanford | 11-1 | 672 | 2 |
| 3. Ohio State | 11-0 | 627 | 3 |
| 4. Indiana | 11-0 | 619 | 4 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 9-1 | 594 | 5 |
| 6. North Carolina | 9-1 | 529 | 7 |
| 7. NC State | 11-1 | 514 | 8 |
| 8. Virginia Tech | 10-1 | 481 | 6 |
| 9. UConn | 8-2 | 470 | 9 |
| 10. LSU | 12-0 | 422 | 11 |
| 11. UCLA | 11-1 | 420 | 10 |
| 12. Utah | 10-0 | 372 | 13 |
| 13. Iowa | 9-3 | 370 | 12 |
| 14. Iowa State | 8-2 | 341 | 14 |
| 15. Maryland | 9-3 | 296 | 15 |
| 16. Oregon | 9-1 | 280 | 16 |
| 17. Arkansas | 13-0 | 256 | 21 |
| 18. Arizona | 9-1 | 217 | 20 |
| 19. Michigan | 10-1 | 210 | 19 |
| 20. Kansas | 10-0 | 187 | 22 |
| 21. Creighton | 8-2 | 133 | 16 |
| 22. Gonzaga | 10-2 | 114 | 23 |
| 23. Oklahoma | 9-1 | 86 | 24 |
| 24. Baylor | 8-3 | 67 | 18 |
| 25. St. John’s | 11-0 | 27 | – |
Others receiving votes: Marquette 24, Virginia 21, Louisville 20, Villanova 11, Texas 5, Rice 4, Kansas St 3, Duke 3, Columbia 3, Nebraska 2.