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Gonzaga moves up to No. 15 in latest AP Poll

A week of upward trajectory.

By Peter Woodburn
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NCAA Womens Basketball: Brigham Young at Gonzaga James Snook-USA TODAY Sports

The Gonzaga Bulldogs closed out the regular season as the WCC Champions and were rewarded with a top 15 ranking by AP voters in the latest AP Poll.

In a poll with plenty of significant markings, here we go:

  • South Carolina has been ranked No. 1 for 36 weeks in a row, tied with Louisiana Tech for the second-longest streak in history. They’ll need a whole other season to equal the best—UConn (51 weeks).
  • Utah landed at No. 3, the highest ranking in school history.
  • Gonzaga is just one of four programs to have both their men’s and women’s squads ranked in the top 15, alongside Indiana, Texas, and UConn.

Indiana remained the No. 2 team in the nation despite losing to Iowa on the road. In reality, no team should be heavily punished for losing to an absurd buzzer-beater like this:

With WCC play concluded, the Zags have a week off until the semifinals on March 6.

Here is the full AP Poll for Week 17:

AP Poll - Week 17

rank team points previous
rank team points previous
1 South Carolina (28( 700 1
2 Indiana 650 2
3 Utah 599 8
4 LSU 590 5
5 Maryland 588 7
6 Stanford 587 3
7 Iowa 560 6
8 Virgnia Tech 497 9
9 UConn 484 4
10 Notre Dame 481 10
11 Villanova 378 15
12 Texas 355 19
13 Duke 347 11
14 Ohio State 331 16
15 Gonzaga 282 18
16 Oklahoma 273 13
17 Michigan 202 12
18 North Carolina 183 22
19 UCLA 181 17
20 Colorado 174 21
21 Arizona 144 14
22 UNLV 122 24
23 Iowa State 115 20
24 Middle Tennessee 58 25
25 South Florida 42 NR
Others receiving votes: Creighton 34, Tennessee 31, Florida State 24, Oklahoma State 18, Florida Gulf Coast 13, Ole Miss 13, USC 10, South Dakota State 10, Louisville 8, Toledo 8, Illinois 5, North Carolina State 3

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