EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon women's basketball team will open the 2019-20 season as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, the Associated Press announced Wednesday morning in its preseason top-25 poll.
It is the first No. 1 ranking in program history for the Ducks, who are coming off last season's historic run to the NCAA Final Four. Oregon opened 2018-19 at No. 3 in the AP poll and was ranked as high as No. 2 while winning its second straight Pac-12 regular season championship.
The Ducks received 25 of 28 first-place votes in the AP poll to earn the top spot, with Baylor, Stanford, Maryland and UConn rounding out the top five.