Oklahoma Sooners No. 16 in lastest AP Poll after blowout of Missouri

The Oklahoma Sooners women’s basketball team is pushing to be a host team for the first two rounds of the NCAA women’s tournament. Oklahoma is coming off of a 16-point win over the Missouri Tigers on Sunday, a game they were trailing in and moved to 19-6 on the season and 7-5 in their inaugural season in the SEC.

Where OU Football and men’s basketball have struggled, the Sooners women’s basketball team has taken care of business. Though they’re 0-4 against Texas, South Carolina, LSU, and Kentucky, four teams ahead of them in the SEC standings, the Sooners have taken care of business, going 6-1 against the unranked SEC teams they’ve faced in conference play.

Sitting a couple of games above .500 with just one game against a ranked opponent remaining, Oklahoma has a great shot to earn a host site in the NCAA tournament.

In the latest AP Poll, the Sooners came in at No. 16, the sixth-highest-ranked team in the SEC.

Notre Dame took the top spot this week, earning 16 of a possible first-place votes. They’re followed by Texas at No. 2, who earned eight first-place votes, and then UCLA, who dropped two spots this week and earned six first-place votes.

Full Women’s Basketball AP Poll

Others Receiving Votes

California 48, Utah 43, Louisville 28, South Dakota St. 17, Florida St. 16, Richmond 10, Michigan 10, Mississippi 10, James Madison 2, Vanderbilt 2, Harvard 1.