{"id":8717493,"date":"2023-01-16T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8717493&preview=true&preview_id=8717493"},"modified":"2023-01-16T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:46:18","slug":"my-ap-wbb-ballot-stanford-loss-leads-to-first-top-3-shakeup-in-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/16\/my-ap-wbb-ballot-stanford-loss-leads-to-first-top-3-shakeup-in-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"My AP WBB ballot: Stanford loss leads to first Top 3 shakeup in weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

For over a year, Stanford has sat at No. 2 in the AP Poll, and they have been my second-ranked team for the entirety of this season.<\/p>\n

But not anymore.<\/p>\n

Stanford’s offense has sputtered for a few games, but the struggles finally caught them on Sunday, when the Cardinal lost 55-46 at USC.<\/p>\n

Stanford dropped one spot in my poll and only two in the main AP Poll, only three vote points behind LSU. They’re still going to be considered a favorite to reach the Final Four.<\/p>\n

But Sunday’s loss — and the offensive struggles — can raise some alarms on The Farm about the season ahead.<\/p>\n

Here’s the rest of my poll this week:<\/p>\n

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  1. South Carolina<\/li>\n
  2. Ohio State<\/li>\n
  3. Stanford<\/li>\n
  4. LSU<\/li>\n
  5. UConn<\/li>\n
  6. Indiana<\/li>\n
  7. Notre Dame<\/li>\n
  8. Utah<\/li>\n
  9. UCLA<\/li>\n
  10. Virginia Tech<\/li>\n
  11. Oklahoma<\/li>\n
  12. Iowa<\/li>\n
  13. Maryland<\/li>\n
  14. Duke<\/li>\n
  15. Michigan<\/li>\n
  16. Arizona<\/li>\n
  17. North Carolina<\/li>\n
  18. Gonzaga<\/li>\n
  19. Middle Tennessee<\/li>\n
  20. Iowa St<\/li>\n
  21. Illinois<\/li>\n
  22. North Carolina State<\/li>\n
  23. Oregon<\/li>\n
  24. Colorado<\/li>\n
  25. Tennessee<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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