South Carolina unanimous No. 1 in preseason Top 25

Defending national champion South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball preseason poll released Tuesday.

Head coach Dawn Staley's Gamecocks received all 30 first-place ballots and enter the season in the top spot for the third consecutive campaign.

South Carolina went wire-to-wire at No. 1 and finished 35-2 last season, beating Connecticut 64-49 on April 3 to claim the