West Virginia Holds at No. 15 in AP Poll

December 09, 2024 12:27 PM | Women's Basketball

By: Chris Coombs

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women's basketball team held its No. 15 ranking in the fifth edition of the AP Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll, released on Monday.

The Mountaineers are 9-1 this season, and they got back in the win column last week with an 85-40 win over East Tennessee State.

WVU earned 376 points in the poll. A total of four Big 12 teams appeared in the rankings, including No. 12 TCU (447), No. 13 Kansas State (427) and No. 18 Iowa State (190). Utah, Oklahoma State and Baylor are featured in the receiving votes section.

Additionally, the NCAA's second NET ranking of the season was released and has the Mountaineers seated at No. 12.

West Virginia hits the road for their first true road game of the season with competition against Temple on Sunday, Dec. 15, inside the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The contest will be the Mountaineers' first on national television, broadcasting on ESPN2.