April 2, 2026
By Michael Voepel and Charlie Creme, ESPN: With just four teams remaining in the NCAA tournament, ESPN’s final women’s college basketball player rankings for 2025-26 are pared down to 15 as the tournament shifts to Phoenix for the national semifinals.
UConn’s Sarah Strong remains at the top after guiding the Huskies to their 25th Final Four with two victories in Fort Worth Regional 1. Strong has been No. 1 since the preseason rankings. The sophomore is trying to replicate what former Huskies great Breanna Stewart did: win four national championships in her four seasons.
Trying to stop her in the semifinals will be South Carolina, which has such a balanced attack that five Gamecocks made this list. On the other side of the bracket, Texas (Madison Booker) and UCLA (Lauren Betts) each have a player in the top five.
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