COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Over the past seven days, the Ohio State women’s basketball team has experienced losing and dropping in the AP rankings for the first time this season.
The Buckeyes (19-3, 8-3) have fallen from No. 2 to No. 10 in the latest top-25 poll following three consecutive losses to No. 6 Iowa, No. 4 Indiana, and Purdue over the past week. With the losses, OSU became the third-to-last team to lose this season with No. 1 South Carolina and No. 3 LSU as the last two unbeatens remaining.
The previously 19-0 Buckeyes took its first loss of the 2022-23 season on Monday night 83-72 at home to Iowa before a 13-point road loss to an excellent Indiana team and an upset loss Sunday to Purdue at home 73-65.
Ohio State will look to bounce back with a road contest Wednesday night against the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison. After that, they will travel east to face No. 8 Maryland on Sunday at 4 p.m.
AP Poll (Jan. 30, 2023)
1 | South Carolina |
2 | Stanford |
3 | LSU |
4 | Indiana |
5 | UCONN |
6 | Iowa |
7 | Utah |
8 | Maryland |
9 | Notre Dame |
10 | Ohio State |
11 | North Carolina |
12 | Iowa State |
13 | Virginia Tech |
14 | UCLA |
15 | North Carolina State |
16 | Duke |
17 | Gonzaga |
18 | Michigan |
19 | Villanova |
20 | Oklahoma |
21 | Middle Tennessee |
22 | Arizona |
23 | Florida State |
24 | Texas |
25 | South Florida |