The top five teams of the ESPN women's college basketball Power Rankings stay the same for the third week in a row, although that could be shaken up this week with South Carolina , UCLA and Texas competing in the Players Era Championship in Las Vegas.

But there's more movement elsewhere as three teams make their 2025-26 Power Rankings debuts: Iowa , Kentucky and Vanderbilt . That puts seven SEC teams in the top 16.

The Hawkeyes made the biggest jump of the trio of newcomers, entering at No. 11 after a 57-52 victory over Baylor in the WBCA Showcase in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Kentucky and Vanderbilt are both unbeaten, with the Wildcats' best win so far coming against Louisville and the Commodores' best against Cal.

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