As for Texas and South Carolina: Despite beating UCLA early in the season, the Longhorns have played a less challenging schedule thus far and have fewer quality wins. South Carolina and Texas are nearly equal in resume, but Texas owns the head-to-head matchup after topping the Gamecocks 66-64 on Nov. 27.

It’s only early January, but UConn, Texas, South Carolina and UCLA look like women’s college basketball’s Final Four.

17-1 UCLA stayed at No. 3 in this week's USA TODAY Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. Vanderbilt, for the first time this season, cracked the top 4

Here are some stories from Deseret News archives about UCLA’s and UConn’s long winning streaks, more on Bruins coach John Wooden, and dynasties in general. As a bonus, check out a great story about the Salt Lake Trappers minor league baseball team and their 29-game winning streak:

Iowa UConn Basketball UConn's Azzi Fudd (35) gestures to teammates after making a three-point shot during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against ...

After back-to-back impressive showings, confidence is surrounding UCLA's Gabriela Jaquez

The UConn women’s basketball team was voted the unanimous No. 1 team in the country in this week’s AP poll for the first time in 2025-26.

Both UConn basketball teams continued their winning ways this weekend, with the men extending their streak to 12 games and the top-ranked women staying undefeated.

Due to the incoming inclement weather, the Big East announced Thursday morning that UConn women's basketball' s game at Seton Hall has been rescheduled from Sunday to Saturday. The tip-off time will remain at noon as the game will still be held in South Orange at Walsh Gymnasium and be aired on Peacock and NBCSN.