West Virginia Mountaineers

South Carolina remains No. 1, but USC and UCLA are climbing and Stanford and Oregon State fell out of the rankings.

The 2025 bracket will look different with the Pac-12 mostly gone and the ACC (18 teams), Big Ten (18), Big 12 (18) and SEC (16) bigger than ever.

South Carolina received all 35 first-place votes from a national media panel to finish atop the final AP Top 25 poll -- the first to be released after the NCAA tournament.

Before Iowa and Colorado clash in the Sweet 16, check out some of their best plays from this year's NCAA women's tournament.

In her home finale at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Caitlin Clark had 32 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists Monday night, as Iowa, the No. 1 seed in the Albany 2 Region, defeated No. 8 West Virginia 64-54 to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Sixteen teams are headed to the regional semifinals in Albany and Portland. How did they advance, how have they performed and what obstacles await?

The women's regional semifinals are set. Here's how Monday played out, including historic nights for UConn, USC and Caitlin Clark.

— Caitlin Clark circled her home court one final time, making a heart-shaped symbol with her hands as the sellout crowd cheered.

Chalk dominated the first round, but 7-seed Duke and 5-seeds Colorado and Baylor all won Sunday on their opponents' home court to reach the Sweet 16.