South Carolina and Stanford appeared to be on a collision course for the women’s college basketball national championship game last season before UConn derailed the Cardinal in the semifinals. The Gamecocks and Cardinal have started this season ranked 1-2 — and hold those same spots in our inaugural Power Rankings for the 2022-23 season — and we’ll get to see the superpowers clash on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ABC). Before then, two big-time early showdowns will be played Monday, as Indiana faces Tennessee (6 p.m. ET, ESPN2), and Texas travels to take on UConn. The Lady Vols fell in their opener to Ohio State, which is the biggest mover from ESPN’s preseason Way-Too-Early Top 25 (No. 17), landing in the top 10 of the first Power Rankings. The Buckeyes, Big Ten co-champs and a Sweet 16 team last season, showed off their defensive prowess against the Lady Vols. We’ll see how that prepares Tennessee for facing another Big Ten title contender…
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