Irish #1, South Dakota State Narrowly Misses Women's AP Top 25

The South Dakota State Jackrabbit Women received their most votes to date this season in any AP poll but fell just short of the Top 25 this week.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish earned the top spot for the first time since 2019 after previously unbeaten UCLA was taken down by rival USC last week.

Here's a look at the AP Top 25 this week:

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Associated Press Women's Top 25

First-place votes in parentheses

Team	Record
1. Notre Dame (16)	22-2
2. Texas (8)	26-2
3. UCLA (6)	24-1
4. USC	23-2
5. UConn	24-3
6. South Carolina	23-3
7. LSU	25-2
8. Ohio State	21-3
9. North Carolina	23-4
10. TCU	24-3
11. Duke	20-5
12. Kansas State	24-3
13. NC State	20-5
14. Kentucky	20-4
15. Tennessee	19-6
16. Oklahoma	19-6
17. West Virginia	20-5
18. Alabama	20-5
19. Baylor	22-5
20. Georgia Tech	21-5
21. Maryland	19-6
22. Michigan State	19-6
23. Creighton	21-4
24. Oklahoma State	20-5
25. Illinois	21-5

Others receiving votes: California 48, Utah 43, Louisville 28, South Dakota State 17, Florida State 16, Richmond 10, Ole Miss 10, Michigan 10, James Madison 2, Vanderbilt 2, Harvard 1

The Jackrabbits remain unbeaten in the Summit League at 13-0, and have games remaining in the regular season against @ Kansas City, Denver, and St. Thomas in the coming weeks.

The Summit League Tournament returns to the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls March 5th through the 9th.

Sources: ESPN - Women's AP Top 25 and Summit League