FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \\ Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Contact \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected]); Christine Jacobsen ([email protected]) 2020-21 PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N STREAK LAST 5 TOP 10 TOP 25 Stanford (1) 6 0 1.000 0-0 6-0 9 0 1.000 1-0 7-0 1-0 Won 9 5-0 2-0 2-0 Arizona (7) 6 1 .857 4-1 2-0 8 1 .889 6-1 2-0 0-0 Won 1 4-1 1-1 1-1 Oregon (11) 6 1 .857 3-1 3-0 8 1 .889 4-1 4-0 0-0 Lost 1 4-1 0-0 1-1 Washington State 4 1 .800 1-1 3-0 6 1 .857 3-1 3-0 0-0 Won 3 4-1 0-1 1-1 UCLA (9) 4 2 .667 2-1 2-1 6 2 .750 3-1 3-1 0-0 Won 1 4-1 1-2 1-2 Arizona State 3 3 .500 2-2 1-1 7 3 .700 6-2 1-1 0-0 Lost 1 3-2 0-3 0-3 Colorado 2 4 .333 2-2 0-2 4 5 .444 4-2 0-3 0-0 Lost 1 2-3 0-2 0-3 Utah 2 5 .286 1-3 1-2 3 5 .375 2-3 1-2 0-0 Won 1 1-4 0-2 1-2 Oregon State 1 3 .250 1-2 0-1 3 3 .500 3-2 0-1 0-0 Lost 3 2-3 0-1 0-1 Washington 1 5 .167 0-2 1-3 4 5 .444 1-2 1-2 2-1 Lost 3 1-4 0-2 0-2 USC 1 5 .167 1-2 0-3 3 5 .375 3-2 0-3 0-0 Lost 1 2-3 0-3 0-4 California 0 6 .000 0-2 0-4 0 9 .000 0-5 0-4 0-0 Lost 9 0-5 0-2 0-3 TOP-RANKED STANFORD TAKES ON #11 OREGON AS TOP-25 MATCHUPS CONTINUE THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL u Once again the Conference of Champions enters the week with four teams in the AP top 25, three of which ranked in the top 10. STANFORD is ranked #1 for the fifth-straight week after a top-10 road win, and is followed by #7 ARIZONA, #9 UCLA and #11 OREGON. ARIZONA STATE, WASHINGTON STATE and OREGON STATE are all receiving votes. uThe Pac-12 will boast an AP Top 25 matchup in Conference play for the sixth time this season as top-ranked STANFORD takes on #11 OREGON on Friday at 11:30 a.m. PT / 12:30 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Network. WASHINGTON STATE, which has won three straight, hosts #7 ARIZONA on Sunday at 11 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. MT on the Pac-12 Now app. uSTANFORD holds the top spot in the latest NET Rankings, followed by #5 OREGON, #9 UCLA, #17 ARIZONA, #39 WASHING- TON STATE, #59 USC, #71 ARIZONA STATE, #76 WASHINGTON and #79 COLORADO for nine teams inside the top 80. UPCOMING SCHEDULE STARTING 5 The Pac-12 boasted a member on NCAA.com’s Starting Five, which Friday, January 8 highlights the top players in the country every week, in three of the past #11 Oregon at #1 Stanford .............. P12N .................11:30 a.m. PT five weeks. #1 STANFORD’s H aley Jones represented the Conference of Colorado at #9 UCLA ....................... P12N ........................4 p.m. PT Champions in the week 2 selection, and three were featured in week 3 Utah at USC .................................... P12N ........................6 p.m. PT (#1 Stanford’s Fran Belibi, #11 OREGON’s Taylor Mikesell and UTAH’s #7 Arizona at Washington ................ P12N ........................8 p.m. PT Brynna Maxwell). USC’s Jordan Sanders was highlighted in week five. A week after #7 ARIZONA was named the NCAA’s Team of the Week, Sunday, January 10 top-ranked Stanford earned the honor after topping the Wildcats for its #7 Arizona at Washington State ....... P12AZ & P12WA .....11 a.m. PT Colorado at USC .............................. P12LA ....................11 a.m. PT second-straight victory over a top-10 opponent and in its sixth-consecutive #11 Oregon at California .................. P12N ........................1 p.m. PT true road game, which is a program record. Utah at #9 UCLA ............................. P12LA & P12MT .......1 p.m. PT NUMBER 1 With Stanford maintaining the top spot in the AP Top 25 rankings this week, the Cardinal has been ranked #1 in the poll for the fifth-straight * Game times local to site; Live stream of contests is available at pac-12.com. week. A Pac-12 team has been ranked #1 in the AP Top 25 in 12 of Rankings listed are AP. All games, tip times & TV broadcasts are subject to change. the past 27 weeks (Last season OREGON was ranked #1 in the For the most up-to-date schedules, visit https://pac-12.com/womens-basketball/ schedule preseason to week-four polls and Stanford was #1 from weeks five to seven). #7 Arizona has been ranked in the top 10 for a program-record sev- en-straight weeks. #9 UCLA have earned a top-11 ranking in 27-straight weeks and been in the top-25 in 30 straight. u The Pac-12 Conference has partnered with StatBroadcast for all 12 member schools to utilize its software for Media Stats display for all men’s & women’s basket- ball games for the 2020-21 seasons. All games can be sorted by date, school and sport at: pac12.statbroadcast.com PAC-12 IN THE WEEKLY RANKINGS AP (media)/USA Today (coaches) ARIZ ASU CAL COLO ORE OSU STAN UCLA USC UTAH WASH WSU Week 1 7/8 RV/RV nr/nr nr/nr 10/9 18/17 2/2 9/10 RV/nr nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr Week 2 7/- RV/- nr/- nr/- 10/- 17/- 2/- 9/- nr/- nr/- nr/- nr/- Week 3 6/6 RV/RV nr/nr nr/nr 8/8 15/16 1/1 11/11 nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr Week 4 6/6 RV/RV nr/nr nr/nr t7/8 14/21 1/1 11/11 nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr Week 5 6/t7 RV/RV nr/nr nr/nr 8/t7 RV/RV 1/1 10/11 nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr Week 6 6/8 RV/RV nr/nr nr/nr 8/7 RV/RV 1/1 11/12 nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr Week 7 7/10 RV/RV nr/nr nr/nr 11/11 RV/nr 1/1 9/9 nr/nr nr/nr nr/nr RV/nr PAC-12 IN THE POLLS PRESEASON POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/WBCA PAC-12 COACHES POLL TOP-25 (Jan. 5) 1. Stanford (10) 120 TOP-25 (Jan. 4) 2. Arizona (2) 103 Team Record Points Team Record Points 2. Oregon 103 1 Stanford (27) 9-0 745 1 Stanford (31) 9-0 799 4. UCLA 88 2 Louisville 7-0 695 2 Louisville (1) 7-0 756 5. Oregon State 83 3 Connecticut (1) 6-0 680 3 NC State 10-0 733 6. USC 69 3 NC State (2) 10-0 680 4 South Carolina 7-1 694 7. Arizona State 61 5 South Carolina 6-1 647 5 Connecticut 6-0 687 8. Utah 52 6 Baylor 8-1 590 6 Baylor 8-1 630 9. Colorado 43 7 Arizona 8-1 535 7 Texas A&M 10-0 575 10. California 31 8 Texas A&M 10-0 534 8 Kentucky 9-1 553 11. Washington 24 9 UCLA 6-2 505 9 UCLA 6-2 509 12. Washington State 15 10 Kentucky 9-1 497 10 Arizona 8-1 506 11 Oregon 8-1 453 11 Oregon 8-1 484 PAC-12 MEDIA POLL 12 Maryland 6-1 392 12 Maryland 7-1 435 1. Stanford (10) 120 13 Arkansas 10-2 372 13 Arkansas 10-2 420 2. Arizona (2) 103 14 Mississippi State 6-2 365 14 Michigan 7-0 365 2. Oregon 103 15 Michigan 7-0 349 15 Mississippi State 6-2 357 4. UCLA 88 16 Ohio St. 4-0 256 16 Ohio St. 5-0 339 5. Oregon State 83 17 Texas 8-1 251 17 Texas 8-1 261 6. USC 69 18 South Florida 7-1 204 18 Indiana 5-3 191 7. Arizona State 61 19 Indiana 5-2 193 19 South Florida 7-1 188 8. Utah 52 20 DePaul 5-3 173 20 Syracuse 5-1 186 9. Colorado 43 21 Gonzaga 8-2 113 21 Gonzaga 9-2 145 10. California 31 22 Northwestern 4-2 108 22 DePaul 5-3 136 11. Washington 24 23 Michigan St 8-0 106 23 Northwestern 4-2 95 12. Washington State 15 24 Syracuse 5-1 98 24 Michigan St 8-0 77 25 Missouri St. 4-2 66 25 Missouri St. 4-2 67 RV: North Carolina 32; South Dakota State 27; RV: South Dakota State 55; Georgia 43; Iowa 37; Georgia 25; Iowa 18; Tennessee 10; Rice 9; Ala- Florida State 31; Arizona State 13; Florida Gulf bama 8; Arizona State 7; Washington St. 3; Iowa Coast 9; Tennessee 6; North Carolina 5; Central State 2; Oregon St. 2.