Michigan women's basketball reaches its highest ranking in Top 25 poll

The Michigan women’s basketball team, coming off an upset of 12-time national champion UConn in the season opener, is No. 2 in the latest Associated Press Top poll, the program’s highest ranking.South Carolina remains No. 1 in the poll released Monday, Nov. 9, and Michigan moved up three spots to No. 2 after its 77-66 win over the Huskies last Thursday, Nov. 5. USC is No. 3, UConn dropped two spots to No. 4, and Duke is No. 5.Michigan (2-0) hosted UConn in the first top-five women’s basketball matchup at Crisler Center and Te’Yala Delfosse led the team with a career-best 22 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Olivia Olson hadded 19 points and eight rebounds and four steals.“It certainly feels like a statement win,” Michigan head coach Kim Barnes Arico, in her 15th season with the Wolverines, said after the win over UConn. “For the past however long it's been, 35, 40 years, they've been the team to beat. They've been the best of the best. They have the No. 1 player in the nation on their team, so if you can get a victory against an incredible, incredible program like that, I think that's definitely a statement win.”Michigan had six players score in double figures in a 109-52 win over Wright State on Sunday, Nov. 8 at Crisler Center. The Wolverines raised their 2026 Elite Eight banner before the game. Olson led the team with 19 points, four rebounds, seven assists and five steals.achengelis@detroitnews.com@chengelisThis article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Michigan women's basketball reaches its highest ranking in Top 25 poll