Indiana Women's Basketball Stays Put in Week 15 Associated Press Poll
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana women's basketball remains the No. 2 team in the nation in Week 15's Associated Press Top 25 Poll behind an undefeated South Carolina.
Four other Big Ten teams grace the poll including Iowa that moved down two spots to No. 7 this week after an 87-78 loss to No. 2 Indiana on Thursday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hawkeyes followed up their loss with a 111-57 win against Rutgers at home on Sunday.
Maryland also stayed put at No. 8 with a road win over Northwestern followed up with a home victory versus Illinois on Sunday.
Michigan remains steady at No. 12 with an 80-75 win versus Nebraska as its lone game of the week as No. 13 Ohio State also stayed put with a 93-63 win over Minnesota on Wednesday.
Monday night, the Hoosiers will face the Buckeyes in their second matchup of the season at 7 p.m. ET, except this time Indiana is the No. 2 team and will head to Columbus for the Buckeyes' shot at redemption.
All of Indiana's past and present opponents this season are marked with a '*'.
1. South Carolina (25-0)
2. Indiana (23-1)
3. Stanford (24-3)
4. Utah (22-2)
5. LSU (23-1)
6. UConn (22-4)
7. Iowa (20-5)*
8. Maryland (21-5)*
9. Duke (22-3)
10. Notre Dame (20-4)
11. Virginia Tech (20-4)
12. Michigan (20-5)*
13. Ohio State (21-4)*
14. Villanova (22-4)
15. Oklahoma (20-4)
16. UCLA (20-6)
17. Texas (20-6)
18. Arizona (19-6)
19. North Carolina (18-7)*
20. Gonzaga (23-3)
21. Colorado (20-5)
22. Iowa State (15-7)
23. UNLV (24-2)
24. Florida State (20-7)
25. USC (19-6)
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