South Carolina ranked No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25 preseason poll with UConn, USC, Texas and UCLA next

AP Basketball Writer

South Carolina is starting the season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll. The program is coming off an undefeated run to the national championship last season and has four starters back. South Carolina received 27 of 30 first-place votes and No. 2 UConn got two. The rest of the top five is USC, Texas and UCLA. South Carolina has been No. 1 in the preseason poll four of the past five years.