Women’s College Basketball Players Rankings – Class by Class! Week 1

Wow. What a week. It was interesting and nail-biting to see some of the close games against top opponents and like I’ve stated before, in my preseason women’s college basketball players rankings, that parity is stronger than ever before. SO many more AP ranked Top 25 teams are more prone and likelier than ever to get an upset and so you must watch these games.

If you’re an NCAA women’s college basketball fan, I would suggest five places to keep track of teams and or players this season. First, you need to subscribe to the Her Hoop Stats Substack because they provide coverage for all the top conferences and if you like it, there’s also a podcast that is available on Spotify and YouTube. Second, I would tell you to visit and bookmark Hoopfeed.com because they provide a daily and updated TV/audio schedule of all the NCAA women’s college basketball games.

Third, I would suggest subscribing to the Athletic as they do provide coverage of the top NCAA women’s college basketball stars and superstars as well as the top teams. Fourth, I would suggest bookmarking the ESPN NCAA women’s college basketball page as they also provide coverage throughout the season and their scores schedule is fantastic because it also lists all the scores of all the colleges and not just the AP Top 25 teams. All you must do is click the Division 1 link and all the colleges appear. Finally, as the fifth option, please also visit Mel Greenberg’s website. He’s one of the original women’s college basketball reporters and has covered the sport for 40+ years. He writes a daily report of all the Pennsylvania teams and then writes about what to look forward to for the next day.

Listed below are the top 36 seniors, the top 27 juniors, the top 18 sophomores and the top 9 freshmen for the week of November 4^th to November 10^th, 2024. You can view the preseason list here. Questions? First time viewing the rankings? You can read the FAQ page here.

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SENIORS

1. Kiki Iriafen – USC
2. Paige Bueckers – UConn
3. Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
4. Sedona Prince – TCU
5. Liatu King – Notre Dame
6. Aneesah Morrow – LSU
7. Aaliyah Nye – Alabama
8. Shyanne Sellers – Maryland
9. Destiny Adams – Rutgers
10. Deja Kelly – Oregon
11. Diamond Johnson – Norfolk State
12. Lucy Olsen – Iowa
13. Rori Harmon – Texas
14. Alexis Markowski – Nebraska
15. Sarah Ashlee Barker – Alabama
16. Te-Hina Paopao – South Carolina
17. Christina Dalce – Maryland
18. Zaay Green – Alabama
19. Taylor Jones – Texas
20. Jaelynn Glenn – Kansas State
21. Jewel Spear – Tennessee
22. Kennedy Taylor – Kansas State
23. Jasmyne Roberts – Miami
24. Temira Poindexter – Kansas State
25. Lexi Donarski – North Carolina
26. DeYona Gaston – Auburn
27. Ra Shaya Kyle – Florida
28. Elena Bosgana – Stanford
29. Ioanna Krimili – California
30. Taylor Thierry – Ohio State
31. Adalia McKenzie – Illinois
32. Alexis Whitfield – Oregon
33. Anna Miller – Drake
34. Chellia Watson – Buffalo
35. Lashae Dwyer – St. John’s
36. Kilyn McGuff – Butler

Honourable mention: Emily Ryan (Iowa State), Reigan Richardson (Duke), KK Deans (Ole Miss), Lauren Jensen (Creighton), Aziaha James (NC State), Hailey Van Lith (TCU), Hailey Harrison (Bellarmine), Ali Brigham (Bryant), Tommisha Lopkin (North Texas), Ally Becki (Ball State), Maya McDermott (Northern Iowa), Jada Burton (Western Carolina), Kseniia Kozlova (James Madison), Olivia Pollerd (Santa Clara), Bella Earle (Abilene Christian)

JUNIORS

1. Flau’jae Johnson – LSU
2. Raegan Beers – Oklahoma
3. Lauren Betts – UCLA
4. Jordan Harrison – West Virginia
5. Cotie McMahon – Ohio State
6. Serah Williams – Wisconsin
7. Kaylene Smikle – Maryland
8. Sydney Shaw – West Virginia
9. Grace VanSlooten – Michigan State
10. Chloe Kitts – South Carolina
11. Gianna Kneepkens – Utah
12. Elle Ladine – Washington
13. Mara Braun – Minnesota
14. T’yanna Todd – Boston College
15. Timea Gardiner – UCLA
16. Amiya Jenkins – Pittsburgh
17. Londynn Jones – UCLA
18. Teonni Key – Kentucky
19. Micah Gray – Oklahoma State
20. A’riel Jackson – Cincinnati
21. Jasmine Shavers – Texas Tech
22. Kyla Oldacre – Texas
23. Brooklyn Meyer – South Dakota State
24. Ta’Mia Scott – Middle Tennessee
25. Bri McDaniel – Maryland
26. Sydney Harris – Iowa State
27. Kailyn Gilbert – LSU

Honourable mention: Ta’Niya Latson (Florida State), Yarden Garzon (Indiana), Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (Baylor)

SOPHOMORES

1. JuJu Watkins – USC
2. Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame
3. Clara Strack – Kentucky
4. Addy Brown – Iowa State
5. Audi Crooks – Iowa State
6. Sahara Williams – Oklahoma
7. Mikaylah Williams – LSU
8. Madison Booker – Texas
9. Lulu Twidale – California
10. Gracie Merkle – Penn State
11. Nunu Agara – Stanford
12. Khamil Pierre – Vanderbilt
13. Breya Cunningham – Arizona
14. Natalie Potts – Nebraska
15. MiLaysia Fulwiley – South Carolina
16. Riley Weiss – Columbia
17. Ashlynn Shade – UConn
18. Logan Nissley – Nebraska

Honourable mention: Zoe Brooks (NC State),Eva DeChent (New Hampshire), Lina Falk (Sacramento State), Taryn Barbot (Charleston), Jianna Morris (Louisiana Tech)

FRESHMEN

1. Jaloni Cambridge – Ohio State
2. Mia Woolfolk – Georgia
3. Jayda Angel – Elon
4. Dani Carnegie – Georgia Tech
5. Clara Silva – Kentucky
6. Sarah Strong – UConn
7. Emely Rodriguez – UCF
8. Kennedy Smith – USC
9. Layla Kahrimanovic – McNeese

Honourable mention: Joyce Edwards (South Carolina), Toby Fournier (Duke),Tajianna Roberts (Louisville), Syla Swords (Michigan), Gal Raviv (Quinnipiac)