Oklahoma Sooners move up one spot in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

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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