Basketball
Ole Miss Women Ranked No. 20 in AP Preseason Poll
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The 2025 AP Preseason Women’s College Basketball Top 25 Poll was released Tuesday and for the second-straight year, Ole Miss is included.
The Rebels are ranked No. 20 in the preseason poll and return eight letterwinners from last year’s team that won 12 SEC games and advanced to the NCAA tournament for a third consecutive season. The Rebels were ranked No. 12 in last season’s preseason poll, which was the first time they were ranked in the preseason poll since 1992.
Ole Miss is one of seven teams from the SEC featured in the AP Preseason Poll, joined by No. 1 South Carolina, No. 4 Texas, No. 7 LSU, No. 10 Oklahoma, No. 22 Kentucky and No. 24 Alabama.
The Rebels will open the 2024-25 season October 28 at 6:30 p.m. against Christian Brothers in Oxford before taking on No. 3 USC in the 2024 Aflac Oui-Play on November 5.
AP Preseason Poll
- South Carolina
- UConn
- USC
- Texas
- UCLA
- Notre Dame
- LSU
- Iowa State
- NC State
- Oklahoma
- Duke
- Baylor
- Kansas State
- Ohio State
- North Carolina
- West Virginia
- Louisville
- Maryland
- Florida State
- Ole Miss
- Creighton
- Kentucky
- Nebraska
- Alabama
- Indiana
Yesterday’s Ole Miss Results
No games played.
Today’s Ole Miss Schedule
No games scheduled.
Did You Notice?
- Ole Miss rifle is ranked No. 4 in the latest Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association poll on Tuesday after opening the season with a pair of road wins against No. 12 Akron and No. 9 Murray State. The Rebels head to Annapolis this weekend for a dual meet against No. 10 Nebraska and No. 12 Navy. The match is set to begin at 9 a.m. and will take place at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range.
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| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | 8:00 PM ESPN2 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | 3:00 PM TBA |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | 6:00 PM ESPN |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |