Syracuse basketball women stay in AP Top 25 as ACC Tournament approaches

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse basketball women remain in the Top 25 after a 1-1 week that included a home win and an overtime loss on the road.

The Orange are ranked No. 20 this week, a spot below where SU ranked a week ago. Last week, Syracuse defeated Pittsburgh at home and lost a tight overtime game at No. 12 North Carolina State.

The Orange women are 23-6 overall and 13-5 in the ACC. They earned the No. 3 seed in the ACC women’s basketball tournament and will play the winner of Florida State-Virginia at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Greensboro.

Here’s the latest AP women’s basketball Top 25:

(position, team, total points, number of No. 1 votes in parentheses)

1. South Carolina (29-0) 875 (35)

2. Stanford (26-4) 822 (0)

3. Iowa (26-4) 786 (0)

4. Ohio State (25-4) 761 (0)

5. USC (23-5) 699 (0)

6. Texas (27-4) 687 (0)

7. UCLA (24-5) 673 (0)

8. LSU (26-4) 638 (0)

9. UConn (26-5) 566 (0)

10. North Carolina State (25-5) 526 (0)

11. Virginia Tech (23-6) 513 (0)

12. Indiana (24-4) 499 (0)

13. Oregon State (23-6) 472 (0)

14. Notre Dame (23-6) 470 (0)

15. Gonzaga (29-2) 399 (0)

16. Kansas State (24-6) 288 (0)

17. Baylor (23-6) 273 (0)

18. Colorado (21-8) 259 (0)

19. Oklahoma (21-8) 239 (0)

20. Syracuse (23-6) 210 (0)

21. Creighton (24-4) 199 (0)

22. Utah (21-9) 172 (0)

23. UNLV (26-2) 113 (0)

24. Louisville (23-8) 108 (0)

25. Fairfield (26-1) 60 (0)

Receiving votes: Princeton 24, Michigan St. 12, West Virginia 9, Mississippi 9, Duke 3, Columbia 3, North Carolina 3, Richmond 1, Kansas 1, Toledo 1, Jackson St 1, Iowa St. 1.

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