The UConn women’s basketball team will begin the 2025-26 season exactly where it finished last year, as the No. 1-ranked team in the country.

The Huskies received 27 of a possible 31 first-place votes in the preseason AP Top 25 poll released Tuesday, with No. 2 South Carolina picking up the other four. This is the Huskies’ first preseason No. 1 ranking since 2017-18, when the team went undefeated in the regular season and held the top spot in the poll for the entire year before suffering its first loss at the Final Four to Notre Dame in overtime.

UConn’s schedule includes six teams ranked in the Top 25, but their only preseason top 10 opponent is No. 8 Tennessee , who it will host in Hartford on Feb. 1. The Huskies open the season with a ranked game against No. 20 Louisville on Nov

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