The No. 2 ranking in the Associated Press poll continues to be a hot spot in women’s college basketball. The latest fall at the position came Wednesday, as Kansas State , which had moved to No. 2 in the rankings released Monday, lost at unranked Oklahoma 66-63.
This month, the No. 2-ranked team has lost nearly every week: UCLA lost on Jan. 14, Iowa lost on Jan. 21, and UCLA — elevated to the position again — lost on Jan. 22 and Jan. 28. At the start of the season, then-No. 2 UConn lost on Nov. 12 and Iowa lost on Nov. 16.
Wednesday was Oklahoma’s first victory over a top-two team since 2004, when the Sooners beat No. 2 Texas in the Big 12 tournament championship game.
It was the Wildcats’ second loss of the season; they fell to Iowa on Nov. 26 in the Gulf Coast Showcase in Florida. Since then, Kansas State had won 14 games in a row ( TCU also forfeited a game to the Wildcats).
K-State defeated the Sooners 74-57 in Manhattan, Kansas, on Jan. 10. But since then, the Wildcats lost star center Ayoka Lee , who is recovering from ankle surgery and hasn’t played since Jan. 13.