NCAA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week

By The Associated Press
January 25, 2026 | 7:00 PM

No. 1 UConn (21-0) beat Notre Dame 85-47; beat Georgetown 83-42; beat Seton Hall 92-52.

No. 2 South Carolina (20-2) lost to No. 16 Oklahoma 94-82, OT; beat No. 5 Vanderbilt 103-74.

No. 3 UCLA (19-1) beat Purdue 96-48; beat Northwestern 80-46.

No. 4 Texas (19-2) did not play.

No. 5 Vanderbilt (20-1) beat No. 7 Michigan 72-69; beat Auburn 81-53; lost to No. 2 South Carolina 103-74.

No. 6 LSU (18-2) beat Texas A&M 98-54.

No. 7 Michigan (17-3) lost to No. 5 Vanderbilt 72-69; beat Rutgers 94-60; beat USC 73-67.

No. 8 Louisville (19-3) beat Boston College 85-56.

No. 9 TCU (19-2) lost to No. 12 Ohio State 71-69; beat UCF 67-50.

No. 10 Iowa (18-2) beat No. 15 Maryland 85-78, OT; beat No. 12 Ohio State 91-70.

No. 11 Kentucky (17-5) lost to No. 17 Tennessee 60-58; lost to Georgia 72-67.

No. 12 Ohio State (18-3) beat No. 9 TCU 71-69; beat Indiana 81-67; lost to No. 10 Iowa 91-70.

No. 13 Michigan State (18-2) beat USC 74-68.

No. 14 Baylor (18-3) beat UCF 73-48.

No. 15 Maryland (17-4) lost to No. 10 Iowa 85-78, OT.

No. 16 Oklahoma (16-4) beat No. 2 South Carolina 94-82, OT; beat Auburn 72-65.

No. 17 Tennessee (14-3) beat No. 11 Kentucky 60-58.

No. 18 Ole Miss (17-4) beat Missouri 82-61.

No. 19 Texas Tech (20-2) lost to BYU 73-61; beat Utah 77-49.

No. 20 Princeton (17-1) beat Harvard 82-79, OT; beat Brown 58-49.

No. 21 Duke (14-6) beat Pittsburgh 95-41.

No. 22 West Virginia (17-4) beat Arizona State 53-43; beat BYU 91-77.

No. 23 Alabama (18-3) beat Mississippi State 85-78.

No. 24 Nebraska (15-5) lost to Wisconsin 63-60; beat Illinois 81-75.

No. 25 Washington (15-4) beat Penn State 81-65.

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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