Georgia women’s basketball in AP Top 25 for first time since 2022
The Georgia women’s basketball team is riding a wave, and that momentum has led to the Bulldogs being ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the end of the 2021-22 season.
Georgia came out ranked No. 23 on Monday, and was one of a record 10 SEC teams that are in this week’s poll.
It’s a program that’s rich in tradition, having made 36 NCAA tournament appearances, five Final Fours, 20 Sweet 16s and 11 Elite Eights.
The SEC has the most teams from any conference ranked in the AP Top 25 in a single week in the history of the poll. Last season, the SEC had 10 men’s teams ranked in the Top 25 for a few weeks.
The Big Ten has seven teams ranked this week.
Undefeated Connecticut is ranked No. 1, followed by UCLA (19-1), but then comes the flood of SEC teams with No. 3 South Carolina (20-2), No. 4 Texas (19-2), No. 5 Vanderbilt (20-1) and No. 6 LSU (18-2).
The Bulldogs (18-3, 4-3 SEC) had two of their three losses come against the No. 3 Gamecocks (65-43) and No. 6 Tigers (80-59), with their only other loss coming on the road against current No. 17 Ole Miss (79-62).
Georgia avenged that loss to the Rebels in Athens on Jan. 18 (82-59 win) to open a three-game win streak that includes a win at Arkansas (76-66) and, most recently, a win at then-No. 11 (and current No. 18) Kentucky by a 72-67 count Saturday.
The Bulldogs are No. 32 in the NET rankings, which are a computerized metric used by the NCAA basketball selection committee when selecting and seeding teams for the tournament.
The Bulldogs play host to No. 24 Alabama at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
AP Top 25
(SEC teams in boldface type)
- Connecticut
- UCLA
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Vanderbilt
- LSU
- Louisville
- Iowa
- Michigan
- Oklahoma
- Ohio State
- TCU
- Michigan State
- Baylor
- Tennessee
- Maryland
- Ole Miss
- Kentucky
- Princeton
- Duke
- Texas Tech
- West Virginia
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Washington
About the Author
Mike is in his 10th season covering SEC and Georgia athletics for AJC-DawgNation and has 25 years of CFB experience. Mike is a Heisman Trophy voter and former Football Writers President who was named the National FWAA Beat Writer of the Year in January, 2018.
