Women’s Nebrasketball: Unranked in Preseason AP Poll

The Big Ten got lots of love in the Preseason AP Top 25 Poll, but none for our Husker women. Five Big Ten teams are ranked, and two more received votes. Maryland leads the conference coming in at 4th place. You can see the full poll below. UConn extended its top 5 streak to 239 straight weeks, and Oregon is #1 for the first time in the poll’s history. The evil ACC leads the country with 6 ranked teams.

Associated Press Top 25

1. Oregon (25 first-place votes), 33-5 last season

2. Baylor (3), 37-1

3. Stanford, 31-5

4. Maryland, 29-5

5. Connecticut, 35-3

6. Texas A&M, 26-8

7. Oregon State, 26-8

8. South Carolina, 23-10

9. Louisville, 32-4

10. Mississippi State, 33-3

11. UCLA, 22-13

12. Florida State, 24-9

13. Kentucky, 25-8

14. N.C. State, 28-6

15. Texas, 23-10

16. Notre Dame, 35-4

17. Michigan State, 21-12

T18. DePaul, 26-8

T18. Miami (Fla.), 25-9

20. Arizona State, 22-11

21. Syracuse, 25-9

22. Arkansas, 22-15

23. Minnesota, 21-11

24. Indiana, 21-13

25. Michigan, 22-12

Others receiving votes:

West Virginia 71, Iowa State 44, Gonzaga 32, Rice 30, Drake 24, Tennessee 22, Boise State 15, South Dakota 11, South Florida 9, Arizona 9, Iowa 8, South Dakota State 7, LSU 7, Auburn 5, Duke 4, North Carolina 4, Rutgers 2, Kansas Sate 1, Ohio 1

So a quick recap for the B1G teams above:

4. Maryland
17. Michigan State
23. Minnesota
24. Indiana (first time in school history they made the preseason)
25. Fichigan
Receiving votes: Iowa and Rutgers

Nebraska finished last season 14-16 (9-9) and ended their season at the Big Ten Tournament as a 6 seed after a four point loss to 11 seed Purdue in their first game on Thursday of the tournament.

Season Schedule

The Husker women kick off their season with an exhibition game this Saturday at PBA against Rogers State at 4 pm CT. Their season opens next Wednesday night, November 6th against Alabama A&M. Full season schedule is below, but please bare in mind that I live in the eastern time zone, so the times naturally reflect that on my graphic.