IU women’s basketball keeps climbing, makes first top-5 appearance in latest AP Top 25

Matt Cohen

November 15, 2021 at 1:40 PM·1 min read

BLOOMINGTON — The IU women’s basketball team was ranked fourth in Monday’s AP Top 25 poll, improving on what was already the highest ranking in program history.

The Hoosiers were previously ranked eighth in the AP poll, making this IU’s first-ever appearance in the top five. The Hoosiers are the second-highest ranked Big Ten team behind Maryland, ranked third.

Insider: IU women just beat Kentucky by 21 points. So yeah, these Hoosiers are good

The Hoosiers previous record-high ranking was in the preseason poll, coming off its first-ever Elite Eight appearance. This next jump in the rankings comes after it beat then-No. 13 Kentucky by 21 points Sunday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are 2-0 with the other win coming over Butler.

IU jumped over N.C. State and Stanford, which both lost last week and are on IU’s nonconference schedule. Those teams are now ranked fifth and seventh, respectively

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana women's basketball: Hoosiers up to No. 4 in new AP Top 25 poll

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