The NCAA released its first NET rankings this week and No. 5 LSU is leading the way on the women's side.

The predictive system doesn't take opponents into account and the Tigers haven't played a strong schedule to start the season, with seven of their eight games coming against Quad 4 teams (the lowest-ranked group). Kim Mulkey's squad set an NCAA record by scoring more than 100 points in each of its first eight games, which has inflated the numbers.

There's a lot of basketball left to be played and LSU could face a challenge Thursday when the Tigers visit Duke. LSU will also surely get tested in the Southeastern Conference, which features many quality teams.

UConn, Texas and UCLA are behind LSU in the NET.

The NET is just one tool the NCAA selection committee uses to figure out wh

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