Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

The Arizona Wildcats put the rest of the Big 12 — and college basketball — on notice Tuesday night with a resounding 81-70 victory over Baylor. The Wildcats led 42-19 at halftime and 65-42 with 7 minutes to play.

So far in the 2024-25 NCAA women’s college basketball season, there haven’t been weeks of monumental shifts. A couple teams here and there dropping tough matchups, but all-in-all it has been mostly consistent.