Oklahoma Sooners Head Coach Jennie Baranczyk watches the game from the end of bench during the first half of the Texas Longhorns’ game against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, Jan 24, 2024. Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK
The Oklahoma Sooners are off to a 2-0 start to the 2024-2025 women’s college basketball season. They’ve won their two games by an average margin of 38 points per game in wins over Southern and, most recently, Virginia of the ACC.
With their hot start to the season, Jennie Baranczyk and the Sooners have moved up one spot to No. 9 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
The Sooners have been led by transfer forward Raegan Beers, who is averaging 23.5 points and 14 rebounds. She was named AP Player of the Week in her first week of action with the Sooners.
The top of the poll features defending national champion South Carolina, who garnered 29 of the possible 31 first-place votes this week. They’re followed by UConn, USC, Texas, and Notre Dame in the top five.
The Sooners are one of four SEC teams in the top 10, coming in two spots behind Liz Mulkey’s LSU Tigers.
Oklahoma’s in a solid spot in the first couple of weeks and will look to build on their start when they take on the Western Carolina Catamounts on Wednesday morning at the Lloyd Noble Center.
Full USA TODAY Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll
Ranking
Team
Record
Points
1
South Carolina Gamecocks
2-0
772 (29)
2
UConn Huskies
2-0
740 (1)
3
USC Trojans
2-0
707 (1)
4
Texas Longhorns
2-0
674
5
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1-0
652
6
UCLA Bruins
2-0
598
7
LSU Tigers
2-0
586
8
Iowa State Cyclones
3-0
547
9
Oklahoma Sooners
2-0
516
10
NC State Wolfpack
1-1
476
11
Kansas State Wildcats
2-0
462
12
Ohio State Buckeyes
1-0
439
13
West Virginia Mountaineers
2-0
382
14
Maryland Terrapins
3-0
378
15
North Carolina Tar Heels
2-0
327
16
Duke Blue Devils
2-1
281
17
Baylor Bears
1-1
256
18
Louisville Cardinals
1-1
206
19
Kentucky Wildcats
2-0
165
20
Nebraska Cornhuskers
2-0
158
21
Ole Miss Rebels
1-1
145
22
Alabama Crimson Tide
3-0
123
23
Stanford Cardinal
3-0
99
24
Illinois Fighting…
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Publish date : 2024-11-12 21:25:00
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