Women’s College Basketball Players Rankings – Class by Class! Week 5

This past week, there were a couple of conference challenges that took place. Among the Power Four conferences (the SEC, the ACC, the Big Ten and the Big 12), the SEC and the ACC took part in a conference challenge. Overall, the SEC conference won the conference challenge as 10 colleges from the SEC won their head-to-head matchups while only 6 colleges won from the ACC conference. Two smaller conferences (Big Sky and Summit) conferences also took part in a conference challenge and the Summit conference won as 7 colleges from the Summit conference won while only 2 colleges from the Big Sky conference won.

Conference play begun in some conferences this week (A-10, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Horizon League, Southland and the West Coast). This usually doesn’t occur until late December or early January. It shall be interesting to watch unfold as there has been an increase in parity in NCAA women’s college basketball.

Listed below are the top 36 seniors, the top 27 juniors, the top 18 sophomores and the top 6 freshmen for the week of December 2^nd to December 8^th, 2024. You can view the previous week here. Questions? First time viewing the rankings? You can read the FAQ page here.

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SENIORS

1. Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
2. Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
3. Kiki Iriafen – USC
4. Payton Verhulst – Oklahoma
5. Serena Sundell – Kansas State
6. Maria Gakdeng – North Carolina
7. Ioanna Krimli – California
8. Kaitlin Peterson – UCF
9. Aneesah Morrow – LSU
10. Izzy Higginbottom – Arkansas
11. Lauren Jensen – Creighton
12. DeYona Gaston – Auburn
13. Diamond Johnson – Norfolk State
14. Harmoni Turner – Harvard
15. Ra Shaya Kyle – Florida
16. Aaronette Vonleh – Baylor
17. Taylor Thierry – Ohio State
18. Te-Hina Paopao – South Carolina
19. Julie Ayrault – Michigan State
20. Frida Formann – Colorado
21. Shyanne Sellers – Maryland
22. Marta Suarez – California
23. Talia von Oelhoffen – USC
24. Maisie Burnham – Portland
25. Lashae Dwyer – St. John’s
26. Jordan Hobbs – Michigan
27. Christina Dalce – Maryland
28. Aziaha James – NC State
29. Saniya Rivers – NC State
30. Alexis Markowski – Nebraska
31. Chellia Watson – Buffalo
32. Tineya Hylton – Cincinnati
33. Maye Toure – Utah
34. Anna Gret Asi – Oklahoma State
35. Kilyn McGuff – Butler
36. Jordyn Jenkins – UTSA

Honourable mention: Azzi Fudd, UConn, Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina, Grace Efosa, Providence, Elena Rodriguez, Harvard, Emme Shearer, Portland, Jordan Lewis, UMBC, Savannah Tucker, Long Beach State Beach, Molly Kaiser, New Mexico State, Mickayla Perdue, Cleveland State, Emina Selimovic, Fairfield, Katelyn Young, Murray State, Madison Smith, Air Force, Tenesia Brown, Fairleigh Dickinson, Meredith Raley, Southern Indiana, Trinity Hardy, Army, Alisha Wilson, Alabama A&M, Rachael Rose, Wofford, Deonna Brister, Nicholls, Stina Almqvist, Pennsylvania, Hayley Harrison, Bellarmine

JUNIORS

1. Flau’Jae Johnson – LSU
2. Lauren Betts – UCLA
3. Cotie McMahon – Ohio State
4. Kiki Rice – UCLA
5. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs – Baylor
6. Jasmine Shavers – Texas Tech
7. Raegan Beers – Oklahoma
8. Serah Williams – Wisconsin
9. Jordan Harrison – West Virginia
10. Gianna Kneepkens – Utah
11. Kaylene Smikle – Maryland
12. Yarden Garzon – Indiana
13. Brooklyn Meyer – South Dakota State
14. Saylor Poffenbarger – Maryland
15. Chance Gray – Ohio State
16. Sydney Shaw – West Virginia
17. Kara Dunn – Georgia Tech
18. Gabriella Jaquez – UCLA
19. Callin Hake – Nebraska
20. Kailyn Gilbert – LSU
21. Adlee Blacklock – Texas Tech
22. Raven Johnson – South Carolina
23. Savannah Brooks – Coastal Carolina
24. Zahira Walton – George Mason
25. Lilly Meister – Indiana
26. Elle Evans – Kansas
27. Aniah Hall – Northern Colorado

SOPHOMORES

1. Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame
2. JuJu Watkins – USC
3. Mikaylah Williams – LSU
4. Talaysia Cooper – Tennessee
5. Khamil Pierre – Vanderbilt
6. Stailee Heard – Oklahoma State
7. Audi Crooks – Iowa State
8. S’Mya Nichols – Kansas
9. Grace Slaughter – Missouri
10. Taryn Sides – Kansas State
11. Addy Brown – Iowa State
12. Skylar Forbes – Marquette
13. Savannah Catalon – Seton Hall
14. Carter McCray – Wisconsin
15. Reniya Kelly – North Carolina
16. Abby Schreacke – Missouri
17. Taryn Barbot – Charleston
18. Amor Harris – Longwood

Honourable mention: MiLaysia FuLwiley, South Carolina, Alyssa Latham, Tennessee

FRESHMEN

1. Sarah Strong – UConn
2. Mikayla Blakes – Vanderbilt
3. Olivia Olson – Michigan
4. Delaney Gibb – BYU
5. Dani Carnegie – Georgia Tech
6. Mila Holloway – Michigan