LSU women’s basketball stayed put at No. 5 in the Week 7 editions of the AP poll and USA TODAY Coaches Poll, released Monday. The Tigers started there in the preseason and continued to hold their top-five spot.
No. 2 Texas and No. 3 South Carolina also remained in their spots from the previous two weeks. They are the only SEC teams ranked higher than LSU. A total of eight teams from the conference are in the latest edition of the AP poll while nine are in the coaches poll.
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Over the last week, LSU defeated Louisiana Tech 87-61 in New Orleans’ Smooth King Center. The Lady Techsters gave the Tigers all they could handle, even holding a slim lead after the first quarter. LSU pulled ahead for good in the second quarter and built a comfortable 20-point lead by the third.
LSU has two non conference games this week then one more before starting conference play against Kentucky on January 1. The game against the No. 12-15 Wildcats is the first of four games against ranked opponents in January.
Complete USA TODAY Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
9-0 |
772 |
28 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
|
2 |
10-0 |
747 |
3 |
2 |
– |
2/4 |
|
|
3 |
9-1 |
701 |
0 |
3 |
– |
2/3 |
|
|
4 |
9-1 |
673 |
0 |
4 |
– |
3/4 |
|
|
5 |
10-0 |
651 |
0 |
5 |
– |
5/5 |
|
|
6 |
11-0 |
604 |
0 |
6 |
– |
6/10 |
|
|
7 |
10-0 |
576 |
0 |
7 |
– |
7/12 |
|
|
8 |
8-1 |
568 |
0 |
8 |
– |
8/15 |
|
|
9 |
9-1 |
546 |
0 |
9 |
– |
6/9 |
|
|
10 |
10-0 |
484 |
0 |
11 |
+1 |
10/18 |
|
|
11 |
9-2 |
438 |
0 |
10 |
-1 |
8/12 |
|
|
12 |
9-0 |
430 |
0 |
12 |
– |
12/23 |
|
|
13 |
9-0 |
379 |
0 |
14 |
+1 |
13/21 |
|
|
14 |
9-1 |
353 |
0 |
15 |
+1 |
10/18 |
|
|
15 |
10-1 |
331 |
0 |
16 |
+1 |
15/20 |
|
|
16 |
8-1 |
313 |
0 |
13 |
-3 |
13/16 |
|
|
17 |
7-2 |
288 |
0 |
18 |
+1 |
10/18 |
|
|
18 |
6-2 |
272 |
0 |
17 |
-1 |
9/18 |
|
|
19 |
6-2 |
202 |
0 |
19 |
– |
13/23 |
|
|
20 |
8-3 |
146 |
0 |
21 |
+1 |
19/22 |
|
|
21 |
7-1 |
127 |
0 |
24 |
+3 |
21/NR |
|
|
22 |
10-1 |
116 |
0 |
23 |
+1 |
21/25 |
|
|
23 |
8-1 |
102 |
0 |
22 |
-1 |
22/NR |
|
|
24 |
8-1 |
87 |
0 |
20 |
-4 |
20/NR |
|
|
25 |
10-0 |
49 |
0 |
NR |
+2 |
25/NR |
This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: Where LSU women’s basketball ranks in this week’s polls
