Jennie Baranczyk

OU women's basketball head coach Jennie Baranczyk after the game against Oklahoma State on Dec. 13, 2025 at Paycom Center.

 Jenna Burress/OU Daily

OU women's basketball (14-1, 2-0 SEC) jumped to No. 5 in this week's AP Poll following a 95-47 win against Mississippi State.

The poll goes as follows with Southeastern Conference programs in bold:

• No. 1 UConn (15-0)

• No. 2 Texas (17-0)

• No. 3 South Carolina (15-1)

• No. 4 UCLA (14-1)

• No. 5 OU (14-1)

• No. 6 Kentucky (15-1)

• No. 7 Vanderbilt (15-0)

• No. 8 Maryland (15-1)

• No. 9 Michigan (11-2)

• No. 10 Louisville (14-3)

• No. 11 Iowa State (14-1)

• No. 12 Louisiana State (14-2)

• No. 13 Texas Christian (14-2)

• No. 14 Iowa (12-2)

• No. 15 Michigan State (14-1)

• No. 16 Baylor (13-3)

• No. 17 Texas Tech (16-0)

• No. 18 Mississippi (14-3)

• No. 19 Ohio State (13-2)

• No. 20 Tennessee (10-3)

• No. 21 Southern California (10-4)

• No. 22 North Carolina (13-4)

• No. 23 Washington (12-2)

• No. 24 Princeton (13-1)

• No. 25 Nebraska (13-2)

Next, the Sooners will face No. 18 Mississippi at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Lloyd Noble Center on SECN+.

This story was edited by Joshua McDaniel.

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