FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \\ Tuesday, December 29, 2020 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 Arizona (6) 5 0 1.000 3-0 2-0 7 0 1.000 5-0 2-0 0-0 Won 7 5-0 1-0 1-0 Oregon (8) 5 0 1.000 2-0 3-0 7 0 1.000 3-0 4-0 0-0 Won 7 5-0 - 1-0 Stanford (1) 4 0 1.000 0-0 4-0 7 0 1.000 1-0 5-0 1-0 Won 7 5-0 1-0 1-0 Washington State 2 1 .667 1-1 1-0 4 1 .800 3-1 1-0 0-0 Won 1 4-1 0-1 1-1 UCLA (11) 3 2 .600 2-1 1-1 5 2 .714 3-1 2-1 0-0 Lost 1 4-1 0-2 0-2 Arizona State 2 2 .500 1-1 1-1 6 2 .750 5-1 1-1 0-0 Won 2 3-2 0-2 0-2 Washington 1 3 .250 0-2 1-0 4 3 .571 1-2 1-1 2-1 Lost 1 2-3 0-2 0-2 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 Colorado 1 3 .250 1-1 0-2 3 4 .429 3-1 0-3 0-0 Lost 1 1-4 0-2 0-3 USC 1 4 .200 1-2 0-2 3 4 .333 3-2 0-2 0-0 Won 2 2-3 0-2 0-3 Utah 1 4 .200 0-2 1-2 2 4 .333 1-2 1-2 0-0 Lost 3 2-3 0-2 1-2 California 0 4 .000 0-2 0-2 0 7 .000 0-5 0-2 0-0 Lost 7 0-5 0-1 0-2 PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TIPS OFF 2021 WITH HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED LEAGUE ACTION 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 fourth-straight week and is followed by #6 ARIZONA, #8 OREGON and #11 UCLA. OREGON STATE and ARIZONA STATE are both receiving votes. u The Pac-12 tips off the new year with multiple top-25 league matchups, starting on New Year’s Day with #6 ARIZONA hosting top-ranked STANFORD at 4 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. MT, and continuing on Sunday as #8 OREGON takes on #11 UCLA at 1 p.m. PT / 2 p.m. MT, both airing on Pac-12 Network. They will mark the fourth and fifth matchups of AP Top 25 teams so far in Conference play. u The Pac-12 concluded non-conference play last week, finishing with a 23-4 (.852) mark against countable NCAA Division I non-conference opponents. It marked the fourth time in the past five seasons the league recorded an .800-or-better non-confer- ence win percentage. UPCOMING SCHEDULE NUMBER 1 With STANFORD maintaining the top spot in the AP Top 25 rankings this Friday, January 1 week, the Cardinal has been ranked #1 in the poll for the third-straight Washington State at Utah ................ Live Stream ............12 p.m. MT year. A Pac-12 team has been ranked #1 in the AP Top 25 in 11 of the Washington at Colorado ................... Live Stream ..............3 p.m. MT past 26 weeks (Last season OREGON was ranked #1 in the preseason to California at Arizona State ................ P12N .......................3 p.m. MT week-four polls and Stanford was #1 from weeks five to seven). #1 Stanford at #6 Arizona ................ P12N .......................5 p.m. MT The Ducks have been ranked in the top-10 for 64-straight weeks. USC at #8 Oregon ........................... P12N ........................6 p.m. PT DUCKS Sunday, January 3 In addition to having the longest active winning streak in the country California at #6 Arizona ................... P12N .....................12 p.m. MT Washington State at Colorado .......... P12MT & P12WA ...12 p.m. MT at 26 straight, #8 Oregon has also won 23-straight conference games, #11 UCLA at #8 Oregon .................. P12N ........................1 p.m. PT which is the third-longest active streak in the country. Washington at Utah ......................... P12MT & P12WA .....2 p.m. MT Its 13-straight road wins is also the second-longest active streak in #1 Stanford at Arizona State ............ P12N .......................4 p.m. MT the nation. 2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced the 2021 * Game times local to site; Live stream of contests is available at pac-12.com. NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will be held in one Rankings listed are AP. All games, tip times & TV broadcasts are subject to change. For the most up-to-date schedules, visit https://pac-12.com/womens-basketball/ geographic area and has begun preliminary talks with San Antonio and the schedule surrounding region to serve as the potential landing spot for the 64-team tournament. More information can be found here. 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 PAC-12 IN THE POLLS PRESEASON POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/WBCA PAC-12 COACHES POLL TOP-25 (Dec. 29) 1. Stanford (10) 120 TOP-25 (Dec. 28) 2. Arizona (2) 103 Team Record Points Team Record Points 2. Oregon 103 1 Stanford (26) 7-0 744 1 Stanford (29) 7-0 773 4. UCLA 88 2 Louisville (1) 5-0 692 2 Louisville (1) 5-0 729 5. Oregon State 83 3 NC State (2) 8-0 675 3 NC State 8-0 709 6. USC 69 4 Connecticut (1) 5-0 674 4 South Carolina 5-1 678 7. Arizona State 61 5 South Carolina 5-1 641 5 Connecticut 5-0 661 8. Utah 52 6 Arizona 7-0 601 6 Baylor 7-1 597 9. Colorado 43 7 Baylor 7-1 557 7 Oregon (1) 7-0 567 10. California 31 8 Oregon 7-0 556 8 Arizona 7-0 558 11. Washington 24 9 Texas A&M 8-0 498 9 Texas A&M 9-0 532 12. Washington State 15 10 Arkansas 9-1 447 10 Arkansas 9-1 477 11 UCLA 5-2 427 11 Kentucky 7-1 429 PAC-12 MEDIA POLL 12 Mississippi State 5-1 426 12 UCLA 5-2 412 1. Stanford (10) 120 13 Kentucky 7-1 393 13 Mississippi State 5-1 396 2. Arizona (2) 103 14 Maryland 5-1 382 14 Maryland 5-1 388 2. Oregon 103 15 Northwestern 4-0 330 15 Ohio St. 4-0 327 4. UCLA 88 16 Michigan 5-0 256 16 Northwestern 4-0 304 5. Oregon State 83 17 Ohio St. 4-0 253 17 Michigan 5-0 279 6. USC 69 18 DePaul 5-2 205 18 Indiana 4-2 210 7. Arizona State 61 19 Texas 6-1 175 19 Texas 6-1 205 8. Utah 52 20 Indiana 4-2 172 20 Syracuse 5-1 177 9. Colorado 43 21 South Florida 5-1 168 21 DePaul 5-2 149 10. California 31 22 Syracuse 5-1 98 22 South Florida 5-1 119 11. Washington 24 23 Gonzaga 5-2 86 23 Gonzaga 6-2 92 12. Washington State 15 24 Missouri St. 4-2 69 24 Missouri St. 4-2 73 25 Michigan St 7-0 66 25 South Dakota State 7-2 40 RV: Georgia 33; North Carolina 27; South Dakota RV: Michigan St 31; Georgia 30; Virginia Tech 22; State 24; Oregon St. 20; Iowa State 12; Tennes- Arizona State 20; Florida State 18; Clemson 16; see 10; Arizona State 8; Rutgers 6; Iowa 6; Geor- Iowa 14; Florida Gulf Coast 13; Rutgers 7; Oregon gia Tech 4; Wake Forest 4; Rice 3; Alabama 2. St. 6; North Carolina 6; Tennessee 3; IUPUI 3; Central Florida 3; North Dakota State 1; Georgia Tech 1. 2 PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE (12/29/20) PAC-12 vs.