Sophomore forward Sophie Brunner drives to the basket in a game against Middle Tennessee, Friday. Nov. 14, 2014 at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe. The Sun Devils defeated the Blue Raiders 81-67. (Photo by Ben Moffat)With a monster Pac-12 showdown tonight against No. 11 Stanford, the ASU women's basketball team moved to 13th in the AP poll.
The Sun Devils were ranked as high as 11th last season, but the team ended up losing seven of its past 10 games, including one to Arizona, which was 4-18 and 0-11 in Pac-12 action at the time.
Women's Basketball - AP poll:
1. South Carolina 2. Connecticut 3. Baylor 4. Louisville 5. Tennessee 6. Notre Dame 7. Maryland 8. Texas 9. Oregon State 10. Texas A&M 11. Stanford 12. North Carolina 13. ASU
Baseball - DIBaseball.com preseason Top 25:The ASU baseball team opens its season on Feb. 13 and will play a three-game series against No. 12 Oklahoma State. The Sun Devils face No. 8 TCU in the second week of the season for a three-game series.
1. Vanderbilt 2. Florida 3. Virginia 4. UCLA 5. South Carolina 6. North Carolina 7. Houston 8. TCU 9. LSU 10. Texas 12. Oklahoma State 22. Oregon 24. ASU
Gymnastics - Gym Info:
The ASU gymnastics team is not ranked (season average of 194.3), though the Sun Devils defeated No. 23 Southern Utah in the season opener.Up next, ASU competes against No. 17 California, No. 15 Denver and San Jose State (193.991).
The Sun Devils are ranked No. 10 on uneven bars and No. 14 on the floor, but not in the Top 25 on balance beam and vault.
T-1. Oklahoma 197.063 T-1. Florida 197.063 3. LSU 196.863 T-4. Michigan 196.788 T-4. Utah 196.788 6. Nebraska 196.213 7. Alabama 196.200 8. UCLA 196.000 9. Oregon State 195.713 10. Georgia 195.700 14. Kentucky 195.288 15. Denver 195.263 16. Stanford 195.225 17. California 194.975 18. Washington 194.938 22. Arizona 194.813 T-23. Southern Utah 194.713
Water Polo - Collegiate water polo:
ASU begins its season Jan. 23, when it will compete in the UCSB Winter Invite. ASU is slated for six games in the invitational over three days, facing No. 11 CSU Northridge, Cal Baptist, No. 13 San Diego, Azusa Pacific, CSU Bakersfield and No. 14 UC Santa Barbara.
1. Stanford 2. UCLA 3. USC 4. California 5. ASU 6. UC Irvine 7. San Jose State 8. Hawaii 9. Indiana 10. Princeton
Men's basketball - AP poll:
For obvious reasons, ASU won't sniff the Top 25 this season. But the Sun Devils have pulled off major upsets before (beat No. 2 Arizona last season and the Wildcats again in 2011-12 when the Sun Devils were 9-20 at the time).1. Kentucky 2. Virginia 3. Gonzaga 4. Villanova 5. Duke 6. Wisconsin 7. Arizona 8. Notre Dame 9. Iowa State 10. Louisville 11. Kansas 12. Utah
In bracketology, ESPN's Joe Lunardi gives the Pac-12 three bids; Arizona a No. 2 seed, Utah a No. 3 seed and Stanford a No. 8.In RPI ASU is 144th (last in Pac-12). In Ken Pom ASU is 78th (seventh in Pac-12).
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