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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 03: Game ball before the South Carolina Gamecocks against the Connecticut Huskies in the championship game of the 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Target Center on April 03, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

College basketball will start the season with two teams from the Carolinas at the top. WGAC reported on Monday that North Carolina was named No.1 in the preseason AP Top 25 Men’s Poll. You only have to go 230 miles south to find the No. 1 Women’s Team.

South Carolina is No. 1 in the Women’s AP Top 25 Poll released on Tuesday. Dawn’s Staley’s Gamecocks were the unanimous choice receiving all 30 votes.

1 South Carolina (30) 29-2 750
2 Stanford 28-3 710
3 Texas 26-6 650
4 Iowa 23-7 643
5 Tennessee 23-8 617
6 UConn 25-5 596
7 Louisville 25-4 556
8 Iowa State 26-6 537
9 Notre Dame 22-8 513
10 NC State 29-3 457
11 Indiana 22-8 414
12 North Carolina 23-6 401
13 Virginia Tech 23-9 365
14 Ohio State 23-6 323
15 Oklahoma 24-8 318
16 LSU 25-5 317
17 Maryland 21-8 296
18 Baylor 27-6 273
19 Arizona 20-7 243
20 Oregon 2012 206
21 Creighton 23-10 114
22 Nebraska 24-9 73
23 South Dakota State 29-9 67
24 Princeton 24-4 50
25 Michigan 22-6 47

South Carolina will open its season on Nov. 7 at home against East Tennessee State.

 

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