Story byWomen’s college basketball rankings: Iowa, TCU, Maryland slip after injuriesSabreena MerchantMon, February 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC·10 min readThe upset bug is alive in women’s college basketball, as 11 teams in my top 25 lost to lower-ranked or unranked opponents in the past week. Some of the losses are tinged with injury: Iowa played its first games after Taylor McCabe’s torn ACL, Princeton lost Madison St. Rose to a knee injury in its loss to Columbia, veteran starter Maddie Scherr has been limited for TCU, and Maryland has slowly seen the decimation of its entire rotation. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOthers fell victim to unfriendly road environments. Baylor committed 30 turnovers in “Press” Virginia, while those same Mountaineers surrendered a 3-point barrage in Utah. But there weren’t excuses for every team.