https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/47179424/womens-college-basketball-2025-2026-power-rankings-texas-south-carolina
(Not a surprise, Michael Voepel does the power rankings and voted us #1 in the AP poll)
The Players Era Championship in Las Vegas last week not only prompted a new No. 1 in ESPN's Power Rankings, it also provided an early look at a key rivalry in women's basketball. Texas is now in the top spot after victories against UCLA and SEC rival South Carolina on consecutive days.
1. Texas Longhorns (8-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Next seven days: vs. North Carolina (Dec. 4), vs. Prairie View A&M (Dec. 7)
Rori Harmon became the school's career assists leader vs. South Carolina, breaking the record set by Kamie Ethridge, the point guard for the Longhorns' national championship team in 1986 and now the coach at Washington State. Harmon has 781 assists, and also could become the school's career steals leader -- she has 301 and needs 46 more to break that mark, which dates to 1980.