NCAA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week

By The Associated Press
January 18, 2026 | 8:08 PM

No. 1 UConn (18-0) beat Villanova 99-50.

No. 2 South Carolina (19-1) beat No. 4 Texas 68-65; beat Coppin State 90-48.

No. 3 UCLA (17-1) beat Minnesota 76-58; beat No. 12 Maryland 97-67.

No. 4 Texas (19-2) lost to No. 2 South Carolina 68-65; beat Texas A&M 80-35.

No. 5 Vanderbilt (18-0) beat Mississippi State 89-84.

No. 6 LSU (17-2) beat No. 13 Oklahoma 91-72.

No. 7 Kentucky (17-3) beat Florida 94-89; lost to Mississippi State 71-59.

No. 8 Michigan (15-2) beat No. 25 Illinois 85-69.

No. 9 Louisville (18-3) beat No. 23 Notre Dame 79-66; beat North Carolina State 88-80, OT.

No. 10 TCU (18-1) beat West Virginia 51-50; beat Arizona 78-62.

No. 11 Iowa (15-2) beat Oregon 74-66.

No. 12 Maryland (17-3) beat USC 62-55; lost to No. 3 UCLA 97-67.

No. 13 Oklahoma (14-4) lost to No. 6 LSU 91-72.

No. 14 Ohio State (16-2) beat Penn State 108-84.

No. 15 Michigan State (17-1) beat No. 24 Nebraska 73-71.

No. 16 Ole Miss (16-4) lost to Georgia 82-59.

No. 17 Texas Tech (19-1) beat Houston 71-59; lost to Kansas State 65-59.

No. 18 Baylor (17-3) beat Utah 61-45; beat BYU 69-58.

No. 19 Iowa State (14-5) lost to Colorado 68-62; lost to Oklahoma State 86-58.

No. 20 Tennessee (13-3) beat No. 21 Alabama 70-59.

No. 21 Alabama (17-3) beat Missouri 74-63; lost to Auburn 58-54; lost to No. 20 Tennessee 70-59.

No. 22 Princeton (15-1) beat Dartmouth 69-41.

No. 23 Notre Dame (12-5) lost to No. 9 Louisville 79-66.

No. 24 Nebraska (14-4) lost to No. 15 Michigan State 73-71.

No. 25 Illinois (15-4) lost to No. 8 Michigan 85-69; beat Northwestern 74-71.

NYPD says dozens rescued from human trafficking during World Cup

By WTOP Staff
July 23, 2026 | 2:09 PM

▶ Watch Video: Inside look at security preparations for World Cup Forty-three people, including seven minors, were rescued from human traffickers during the World Cup matches in the New York City area, according to the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit.The rescue operations were carried out between June 11 and July 19 by specialized NYPD detectives who arrested 89 individuals."The surprise was really the outpouring of support behind the mission and the collaboration with all our partners," said Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit.Those rescued, largely the victims of sex trafficking, are now being supported with an array of social services for the victims, including food, housing and counseling.The 87 operations carried out during the World Cup have generated new leads, officials said, and law enforcement agencies are building more cases based on the investigations already underway."We have ongoing investigations now as a result of these operations," an NYPD official told CBS News.Major sporting events are known to law enforcement as hotbeds of human trafficking.Years in advance, the NYPD devoted significant resources to preparing for the World Cup. Eight matches were played at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, including the final on Sunday."When we talk about the outreach and the prep we do, a large part of that involved visiting the known sex offenders, particularly the known human traffickers, in our registry," Marcus said. "Whether they're on parole or probation for human trafficking, we visited them to make sure they're compliant with the terms of their release, and secondly, to let them know that the NYPD is watching."The matches were held in multiple cities around the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Preparations to secure those games and prepare for crimes like human trafficking were coordinated between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Police departments in many locations that hosted World Cup matches have made arrests and rescues connected to human trafficking, including in Georgia, New England and Missouri. Nationally, there were more than 673 arrests on human-trafficking charges made during the World Cup, and 61 adults and 13 minors rescued, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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