LSU ranked 8th in women’s basketball polls

BATON ROUGE – LSU Women’s Basketball (23-4, 11-3 SEC) was ranked No. 8 in Tuesday’s AP Poll, moving into the Top-10 heading into the final week of the regular season.

LSU was also ranked No. 8 in Monday’s AP Poll.

The Tigers have won six straight games and following Sunday’s win over then No. 17 Florida, LSU is in sole possession of second place in the SEC after entering the day tied in the second spot with Florida and Tennessee. The Volunteers lost to No. 1 South Carolina earlier in the day, upping the ante for Sunday’s matchup in the sold-out PMAC. LSU relied on a team effort to take the Gators down, 66-61.

In Head Coach Kim Mulkey’s first season leading the Tigers the Hall of Famer has worked her magic. LSU won 9 games a year ago and was picked to finish eighth in the Preseason SEC Poll. Coach Mulkey has LSU competing as one of the top teams in the SEC and the Tigers are in position to host first and second round NCAA Tournament games inside the PMAC.

LSU has senior day on Thursday at 7 p.m. CT when the Tigers host Alabama. On Sunday LSU will finish its regular season at No. 17/14 Tennessee in a game that could have SEC Tournament seeding ramifications.

Coaches Poll – February 22, 2022

Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo
1 South Carolina 25-1 799 31 1 — 1/1
2 Stanford 23-3 767 1 2 — 2/5
3 NC State 25-3 735 0 4 1 2/5
4 Louisville 24-3 697 0 3 -1 2/7
5 Michigan 21-4 640 0 9 4 4/11
6 Iowa State 22-4 612 0 5 -1 5/16
7 Baylor 21-5 604 0 10 3 5/16
8 Louisiana State 23-4 541 0 12 4 8/NR
8 Connecticut 19-5 541 0 11 3 2/12
10 Indiana 19-6 513 0 6 -4 5/10
11 Arizona 19-5 481 0 7 -4 5/15
12 Texas 19-6 424 0 14 2 10/21
13 Maryland 20-7 416 0 13 — 3/15
14 Tennessee 21-6 385 0 8 -6 5/14
15 Brigham Young 23-2 351 0 16 1 15/NR
16 Notre Dame 20-6 281 0 20 4 15/NR
17 Ohio St. 20-5 241 0 19 2 17/NR
18 North Carolina 21-5 217 0 23 5 15/NR
19 Oklahoma 20-6 204 0 15 -4 15/NR
20 Georgia 18-8 170 0 17 -3 11/21
21 Florida 20-7 159 0 21 — 21/NR
22 Iowa 18-7 156 0 25 3 11/NR
23 Florida Gulf Coast 24-2 150 0 22 -1 20/NR
24 Georgia Tech 19-8 110 0 18 -6 16/NR
25 Central Florida 20-3 58 0 NR 1 25/NR
Dropped Out: No. 24 Virginia Tech.

Receiving Votes: Virginia Tech 53; Liberty 22; Mississippi 14; Drexel 14; Oregon 12; Rhode Island 7; Washington St. 6; Stony Brook 6; Utah 4; South Dakota State 4; South Florida 2; South Dakota 2; Nebraska 1; Gonzaga 1.

AP Poll – February 21, 2022

RANK TEAM PV RANK CONFERENCE POINTS
1 South Carolina (25-1) 1 Southeastern Women 750 (30)
2 Stanford (23-3) 2 Pacific 12 Women 720
3 North Carolina State (25-3) 4 Atlantic Coast Women 688
4 Louisville (23-3) 3 Atlantic Coast Women 651
5 Baylor (21-5) 7 Big 12 Women 619
6 Michigan (21-4) 9 Big Ten Women 596
7 Connecticut (19-5) 10 Big East Women 517
8 LSU (23-4) 11 Southeastern Women 510
9 Iowa State (22-4) 6 Big 12 Women 508
10 Indiana (19-5) 5 Big Ten Women 485
11 Texas (19-6) 14 Big 12 Women 469
12 Arizona (19-5) 8 Pacific 12 Women 429
13 Maryland (20-7) 13 Big Ten Women 425
14 Notre Dame (20-6) 19 Atlantic Coast Women 288
15 Florida (20-7) 17 Southeastern Women 287
16 Tennessee (21-6) 12 Southeastern Women 273
17 Ohio State (20-5) 18 Big Ten Women 238
18 North Carolina (21-5) 24 Atlantic Coast Women 228
19 BYU (23-2) 20 West Coast Women 226
20 Oklahoma (20-6) 15 Big 12 Women 212
21 Iowa (17-7) 22 Big Ten Women 176
22 Georgia Tech (19-8) 16 Atlantic Coast Women 117
23 Virginia Tech (20-7) 23 Atlantic Coast Women 106
24 Florida Gulf Coast (24-2) 25 Atlantic Sun Women 62
25 Georgia (18-8) 21 Southeastern Women 44
Others receiving votes:

Oregon 44, Kansas 39, Princeton 16, UCF 8, Washington State 6, Villanova 5, Liberty 3, UNLV 2, Toledo 2, Dayton 1