NCAA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week

By The Associated Press
March 1, 2026 | 6:59 PM

No. 1 UConn (30-0) beat Georgetown 84-52.

No. 2 UCLA (27-1) did not play.

No. 3 South Carolina (29-2) beat Missouri 112-71; beat No. 16 Kentucky 60-56.

No. 4 Texas (28-3) beat No. 23 Georgia 79-50; beat No. 24 Alabama 72-65.

No. 5 Vanderbilt (27-3) beat No. 24 Alabama 85-60; beat Tennessee 87-77.

No. 6 LSU (26-4) beat Tennessee 89-73; beat Mississippi State 72-63.

No. 7 Oklahoma (23-6) beat Arkansas 89-44; beat Missouri 84-78.

No. 8 Michigan (24-5) beat No. 13 Ohio State 88-86, OT; beat No. 14 Maryland 87-69.

No. 9 Iowa (24-5) beat Illinois 82-78; beat Wisconsin 81-52.

No. 10 Louisville (25-6) beat Georgia Tech 69-50; lost to Notre Dame 65-62.

No. 11 TCU (27-4) beat Cincinnati 83-70; beat No. 18 Baylor 65-53.

No. 12 Duke (21-8) beat Florida State 80-52; lost to No. 21 North Carolina 74-69.

No. 13 Ohio State (24-6) lost to No. 8 Michigan 88-86, OT; beat No. 15 Michigan State 87-68.

No. 14 Maryland (23-7) beat Northwestern 79-57; lost to No. 8 Michigan 87-69.

No. 15 Michigan State (22-7) lost to No. 13 Ohio State 87-68.

No. 16 Kentucky (21-9) beat Auburn 63-56; lost to No. 3 South Carolina 60-56.

No. 17 West Virginia (24-6) beat UCF 74-62; beat Cincinnati 118-60.

No. 18 Baylor (24-7) beat Kansas State 80-54; lost to No. 11 TCU 65-53.

No. 19 Ole Miss (21-10) lost to Florida 74-67; lost to Texas A&M 66-58.

No. 20 Texas Tech (25-6) lost to Kansas 68-59; beat Arizona State 58-51.

No. 21 North Carolina (25-6) beat Virginia 82-70; beat No. 12 Duke 74-69.

No. 22 Minnesota (22-7) beat Illinois 78-73.

No. 23 Georgia (22-8) beat Auburn 74-52; lost to No. 4 Texas 79-50; beat Florida 71-58.

No. 24 Alabama (21-9) lost to No. 5 Vanderbilt 85-60; lost to No. 4 Texas 72-65.

No. 25 Princeton (23-3) beat Dartmouth 97-47; beat Harvard 62-49.

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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