The loss for Notre Dame dropped it to third in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll released Monday afternoon, while N.C. State was rewarded and elevated to No. 9. The new top-ranked team is Texas, which reaches No. 1 in the poll for the first time since 2004. Back then, Jody Conradt’s team made the Sweet 16 that season, and Vic Schaefer’s squad led by Madison Booker, Rori Harmon and co. seemed to be well-equipped to go at least that far this year.

Texas’ elevation to the top spot marks the first time since the COVID-impacted 2020-21 season that at least four teams have been ranked No. 1 in a single campaign, and speaks to the parity in women’s college basketball this year. As displayed on Sunday, anyone can get got.

It’s also the third straight week that a different team has been ranked No. 1 – just the fifth time that’s happened since 2001.