NCAA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week

By The Associated Press
February 8, 2026 | 5:30 PM

No. 1 UConn (25-0) beat DePaul 86-40; beat Butler 80-48.

No. 2 UCLA (23-1) beat Rutgers 86-46; beat No. 8 Michigan 69-66.

No. 3 South Carolina (24-2) beat Texas A&M 71-56; beat Mississippi State 88-45; beat No. 19 Tennessee 93-50.

No. 4 Texas (22-2) beat No. 5 LSU 77-64.

No. 5 LSU (22-3) lost to No. 4 Texas 77-64; beat Auburn 77-44.

No. 6 Louisville (22-4) lost to No. 17 Duke 59-58; beat Syracuse 84-65.

No. 7 Vanderbilt (22-2) beat No. 16 Kentucky 84-83.

No. 8 Michigan (20-4) beat Nebraska 88-76; lost to No. 2 UCLA 69-66.

No. 9 Ohio State (22-3) beat No. 24 Washington 70-60; beat Oregon 80-64.

No. 10 Iowa (18-5) lost to Minnesota 91-85.

No. 11 Oklahoma (17-5) did not play.

No. 12 Michigan State (20-4) lost to No. 22 Maryland 86-70; beat Penn State 81-70.

No. 13 Ole Miss (19-5) beat Auburn 71-45; lost to No. 21 Alabama 64-63.

No. 14 TCU (21-4) beat Houston 90-45; lost to Colorado 80-79.

No. 15 Baylor (21-4) beat Cincinnati 76-70; beat Arizona State 67-64.

No. 16 Kentucky (18-6) lost to No. 7 Vanderbilt 84-83.

No. 17 Duke (18-6) beat No. 6 Louisville 59-58; beat SMU 95-36.

No. 18 Texas Tech (22-3) beat Houston 85-61.

No. 19 Tennessee (15-6) beat Georgia 82-77, OT; lost to No. 3 South Carolina 93-50.

No. 20 West Virginia (20-5) beat Colorado 61-55; beat Arizona 87-68.

No. 21 Alabama (20-4) beat No. 13 Ole Miss 64-63.

No. 22 Maryland (19-6) beat No. 12 Michigan State 86-70; beat Nebraska 78-60.

No. 23 Princeton (19-2) beat Penn 69-50.

No. 24 Washington (18-6) lost to No. 9 Ohio State 70-60; beat Wisconsin 91-86, OT.

No. 25 North Carolina (20-5) beat North Carolina State 61-59; beat Clemson 53-44; beat Wake Forest 84-56.

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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