Women's college basketball rankings: Gonzaga falls to No. 16 in AP Top 25 poll (3/6/23)

The Zags play BYU in the semifinals of the WCC Tournament at noon on Monday

The Gonzaga women's basketball team didn't face an opponent last week, but still managed to fall one spot to No. 16 in Monday's Associated Press Top 25 poll.

After securing the West Coast Conference regular-season title, the Zags spent the past week preparing for the WCC Tournament. 

As the No. 1 seed in the tournament, Gonzaga had a triple-bye and will open the competition with a semifinal matchup against No. 5 seed BYU on Monday at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Although the Zags were practicing for most of last week, many other programs continued to play competition, which resulted in heavy movement across the poll.

Defending champion South Carolina remained at No. 1, but the top of the national rankings still experienced a sizable shift.

Iowa climbed five spots to No. 2, replacing Indiana which fell to third. Virginia Tech moved up four spots to No. 4 and Stanford improved one spot to No. 5.

The biggest fallers of the poll were Utah and LSU, which dropped five spots each to eighth and ninth place, respectively.

Here’s the full AP Top 25 poll for Week 18 of the 2022-23 season:

AP TOP 25 POLL

1. South Carolina (28) 700 

2. Iowa 651

3. Indiana 640

4. Virginia Tech 595

5. Stanford 557

6. Maryland 547

7. UConn 543 

8. Utah 519

9. LSU 506

10. Villanova 425 

11. Notre Dame 401

12. Ohio State 395

13. Duke 327

14. Oklahoma 313

15. Texas 298

16. Gonzaga 282

17. UCLA 273

18. Michigan 175

19. North Carolina 151 

20. Colorado 114

21. UNLV 113

22. Washington State 100 

23. Tennessee 92 

24. Arizona 89 

25. Middle Tennessee 62

Others receiving votes: Iowa State 57, South Florida 56, Creighton 37, Louisville 30, Florida Gulf Coast 15, Ole Miss 14, South Dakota State 10, Toledo 8, Florida State 2, North Carolina State 2, USC 1