Iowa Women Ranked No. 10 in AP Preseason Poll

Iowa’s women’s basketball team is ranked No. 10 in the AP preseason Top 25, its first preseason top-10 placement since 2023-24. The Hawkeyes return five players, including All-Big Ten standouts Ava Heiden and Chit-Chat Wright, and add six newcomers led by Georgia transfer Dani Carnegie. Iowa is coming off a 27-7 season, a Big Ten Tournament runner-up finish and a No. 2 NCAA Tournament seed; the Big Ten leads the preseason poll with nine ranked teams.