AP girls’s school basketball ballot response: TCU jumps eight spots to No. 9

The brand new AP Prime 25 girls’s school basketball ballot is out.

The TCU Horned Frogs jumped eight spots to No. 9 after beating the then-No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76-68 final Friday within the Cayman Islands. The Irish fell seven spots to No. 10.

The Duke Blue Devils and Iowa Hawkeyes additionally every climbed 5 spots this week.

What does all of it imply for the AP Prime 25? Let’s break down the rankings.

Stats courtesy of ESPN Analysis and The Related Press.

All instances Jap

Earlier rating: 1

2024-25 report: 8-0

Stat to know: Kiki Rice shot 70% from the sphere (7 of 10), 50% on 3-pointers (2 of 4) and 100% (5 of 5) on the foul line Sunday within the championship sport of the Rainbow Wahine Showdown. Rice completed with 21 factors.

What’s subsequent: Sunday at Washington, 5 p.m., B1G+

Earlier rating: 2

2024-25 report: 6-0

Stat to know: Paige Bueckers (22.0 PPG) has two video games this season of 25-plus factors, giving her 25 for her profession. That is the second-most by a UConn participant of the final 25 seasons, trailing solely Maya Moore (32).

What’s subsequent: Tuesday vs. Holy Cross, 7 p.m.

Earlier rating: 4

2024-25 report: 7-1

Stat to know: After dropping at UCLA on Nov. 24, the Gamecocks blew out their subsequent two opponents (together with then-No. 15 Iowa State) by a mixed 88 factors.

What’s subsequent: Thursday vs. Duke, 9 p.m., ESPN

Earlier rating: 5

2024-25 report: 7-0

Stat to know: The Longhorns ranked No. 1 in Division I scoring margin (42.7) heading into Sunday’s sport towards West Virginia. The Mountaineers pulled inside two factors within the remaining minute earlier than Texas received by 5.

What’s subsequent: Thursday at Notre Dame, 7 p.m., ESPN

Earlier rating: 7

2024-25 report: 9-0

Stat to know: Aneesah Morrow had 17 factors and 11 rebounds Sunday. Along with her subsequent double-double, she’ll have 83 for her profession and tie Aliyah Boston for the eighth-most in Division I historical past.

What’s subsequent: Thursday vs. Stanford, 9 p.m., ESPN2

Earlier rating: 6

2024-25 report: 6-1

Stat to know: In Friday’s 104-65 win over Saint Louis, JuJu Watkins (34 factors) and Kiki Iriafen (30 factors) grew to become the primary pair of Division I teammates this season to every have 30 factors in the identical sport.

What’s subsequent: Wednesday vs. California Baptist, 9:30 p.m., BTN

Earlier rating: 10

2024-25 report: 8-0

Stat to know: The Terps are off to their greatest begin since 2018-19, once they began 12-0.

What’s subsequent: Tuesday vs. Mount St. Mary’s

Earlier rating: 13

2024-25 report: 8-1

Stat to know: Protection does it for the Blue Devils, who held Columbia to 3 subject targets within the fourth quarter and its lowest level complete (63) and subject aim share (.375) of the season.

What’s subsequent: Thursday at South Carolina, 9 p.m., ESPN

Earlier rating: 17

2024-25 report: 8-0

Stat to know: The Horned Frogs upended then-No. 3 Notre Dame 76-68 on Friday, their first win over an AP top-five opponent since 2008. Sedona Prince grew to become the primary participant with 20 factors and 20 rebounds towards an AP top-three opponent since Teaira McCowan within the 2018 nationwide semifinals.

What’s subsequent: Wednesday vs. Florida Atlantic, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+

Earlier rating: 3

2024-25 report: 5-2

Stat to know: After successful at USC on Nov. 23, the Irish misplaced back-to-back video games — 76-68 to TCU on Friday and 78-67 to Utah on Saturday — for the primary time since Feb. 28-March 4 2021.

What’s subsequent: Thursday vs. Texas, 7 p.m., ESPN

Earlier rating: 8

2024-25 report: 6-1

Stat to know: Payton Verhulst had 29 factors, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in Wednesday’s 109-99 additional time loss to then-No. 13 Duke to affix Caitlin Clark as the one Division I gamers over the past 25 years with a 25-point triple-double towards a ranked opponent. (Clark did it twice.)

What’s subsequent: Wednesday at Louisville, 5 p.m., ESPN2

Earlier rating: 11

2024-25 report: 7-0

Stat to know: Ajae Petty, who transferred from Kentucky within the offseason, has a mixed 41 factors and 20 rebounds in her final two video games, together with her first double-double as a Buckeye.

What’s subsequent: Sunday vs. Illinois, 4 p.m., BTN

Earlier rating: 9

2024-25 report: 7-1

Stat to know: The Wildcats have received three video games this season by no less than 45 factors. That they had two such video games over the earlier 5 seasons mixed.

What’s subsequent: Tuesday vs. Jap Illinois, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+

Earlier rating: 14

2024-25 report: 7-0

Stat to know: The Wildcats are 7-0 for the primary time since 2019-20, once they began 10-0. Kentucky has received every of its first seven video games by 10 factors for the primary time since 2013-14.

What’s subsequent: Thursday at North Carolina, 5 p.m., ESPN2

Earlier rating: 12

2024-25 report: 8-1

Stat to know: After an 8-0 begin, the Mountaineers dropped their first sport of the season Sunday, 78-73 to then-No. 5 Texas.

What’s subsequent: Friday vs. East Tennessee State, 10:30 a.m., ESPN+

Earlier rating: 16

2024-25 report: 7-1

Stat to know: The Tar Heels’ 119 factors in a rout of North Carolina Central on Friday marked their third-most factors in a sport in program historical past.

What’s subsequent: Thursday vs. Kentucky, 5 p.m., ESPN2

Earlier rating: 22

2024-25 report: 8-0

Stat to know: Three gamers — Lucy Olsen, Addison O’Grady and Hannah Stuelke — have led the Hawkeyes in scoring within the final three video games. Final season, somebody aside from Caitlin Clark led Iowa in scoring in simply two of 39 video games.

What’s subsequent: Saturday vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m., FOX

Earlier rating: 18

2024-25 report: 5-2

Stat to know: The Rebels’ 65-point victory over Alabama State on Saturday marked the biggest margin of victory in program historical past.

What’s subsequent: Thursday at NC State, 7 p.m., ESPN2

Earlier rating: 23

2024-25 report: 8-0

Stat to know: The Crimson Tide are 8-0 for the primary time since 2000-21.

What’s subsequent: Monday vs. Georgia State, midday, SECN+

Earlier rating: 15

2024-25 report: 6-2

Stat to know: After a 40-point loss to South Carolina on Thursday, the Cyclones rebounded with a 75-59 win over Center Tennessee.

What’s subsequent: Tuesday vs. South Carolina Upstate, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+

Earlier rating: 19

2024-25 report: 6-1

Stat to know: The Illini received their first six video games of the season earlier than Wednesday’s 76-53 loss to then-No. 14 Kentucky. It was a season low for Illinois.

What’s subsequent: Monday at Canisius, 6 p.m., ESPN+