Lady Vols basketball rose a spot in the Associated Press Poll after a narrow road win over Stanford.
Tennessee (6-2) was ranked No. 18 in the AP Top 25 on Dec. 8 following its 65-62 win against Stanford on Dec. 3. The Lady Vols were ranked No. 19 in the AP poll and No. 17 in the USA TODAY coaches poll last week after losing 99-77 to UCLA.
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Tennessee’s win at Stanford was its only game last week. The Lady Vols have a lengthy break between games and will return to Food City Center to play Winthrop on Dec. 14 (2 p.m. ET, SEC Network+).
Tennessee started the season as a consensus top-10 team, ranked No. 9 in the USA TODAY coaches preseason poll and No. 8 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll. It fell out of the top 10 after losing the season opener to NC State and dropped to No. 12 in both polls after starting 2-1.
UT had its biggest drop in the polls last week after the UCLA loss, falling six spots in the USA TODAY coaches poll and five spots in the AP Top 25.
Tennessee ended the 2024-25 season ranked No. 16 in the USA TODAY coaches poll and No. 15 in the AP poll after starting Kim Caldwell’s first season at the helm unranked. UT was ranked as high as No. 11 last season, though it never cracked the top 10.
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The Lady Vols have been ranked in the AP Top 25 the most of any program since the poll began in 1976. UT has been ranked in 799 of the 890 polls.
Cora Hall is the University of Tennessee women’s athletics reporter for Knox News. Email: cora.hall@knoxnews.com; X: @corahalll; Bluesky: @corahall.bsky.social. Support strong local journalism and unlock premium perks:knoxnews.com/subscribe
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