After its 2-0 start to 2025-26, the UConn women’s basketball team remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll after the first week of the regular season.

The Huskies earned 30 of a possible 32 first-place votes — more than they had in the preseason poll — while No. 2 South Carolina received the other two. UConn opened the season on a 79-66 win over Louisville in the Armed Forces Classic at the U.S. Naval Academy last Tuesday, then routed Florida State 99-67 at Gampel Pavilion on Sunday. Louisville fell two spots from the preseason poll to No. 22 with its loss to the Huskies.

The entire preseason top six maintained their positions in the Week 1 poll, but there were several major shakeups further down the rankings. Tennessee, the only preseason top 10 team on UConn’s schedule, fell from N

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