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On Tuesday, the Associated Press revealed its top 25 preseason poll, with defending national champion UConn assuming a familiar spot at No. 1.
The Huskies received 27 first-place votes from the 31-member voting panel, returning to the preseason No. 1 perch for the 13th time since 1995, but the first time since 2017.
South Carolina, defeated by UConn in last season’s national championship game, earned the four other first-place nods, putting the Gamecocks in the preseason top five for the fifth time in the last six seasons. South Carolina leads a total of eight SEC teams ranked in the preseason top 25, the most of any conference. Texas and LSU join South Carolina in the top five, ranked No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. The Big Ten’s UCLA rounds of the top five in the No. 3 slot.
Here’s how the preseason top 25 shook out:
The regular season begins on Nov. 3, when South Carolina, Texas and UCLA will be in action. UConn and LSU will tip off their seasons on Nov. 4.
