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Mississippi State basketball moves into Top 5

By Justin Strawn

COLUMBUS, OH - MARCH 30: Head coach Vic Schaefer of the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs speaks to his team against the Louisville Cardinals during the second half in the semifinals of the 2018 NCAA Women's Final Four at Nationwide Arena on March 30, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. The Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs defeated the Louisville Cardinals 73-63. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - MARCH 30: Head coach Vic Schaefer of the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs speaks to his team against the Louisville Cardinals during the second half in the semifinals of the 2018 NCAA Women's Final Four at Nationwide Arena on March 30, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. The Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs defeated the Louisville Cardinals 73-63. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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The Mississippi State basketball team moved back in to the Top 5 of the AP Top 25 poll for the first time since they fell out of the Top 5 in December.

The Women’s Mississippi State basketball team keeps rolling along. The Bulldogs beat Tennessee on Sunday by 28 points. It was the largest margin of defeat against an SEC opponent in the history of the Lady Vols prestigious program and their second worst defeat overall.

The Mississippi State basketball team has come a long way. There was a time before Vic Schaefer arrived as head coach that the Bulldogs had NEVER defeated Tennessee. Those times are now long gone.

With the victory in hand and a loss by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this past weekend, the Mississippi State basketball team saw its ranking move up this week. After being stuck at number 6 the last few weeks, the Bulldogs are now back in the Top 5 at number five this week in the AP Top 25 poll.

Here is how the rest of the AP Top 25 shakes out for this week.

  1. Baylor
  2. Louisville
  3. Oregon
  4. Connecticut
  5. Mississippi State
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Maryland
  8. Marquette
  9. Oregon State
  10. Stanford
  11. South Carolina
  12. North Carolina State
  13. Gonzaga
  14. Iowa
  15. Texas
  16. Syracuse
  17. Kentucky
  18. Iowa State
  19. Arizona State
  20. Miami (FL)
  21. Florida State
  22. Texas A&M
  23. Rutgers
  24. Michigan State
  25. South Dakota

The road back to the Final Four doesn’t get much easier this week for the Women’s Mississippi State basketball team. The Bulldogs host the Missouri Tigers this week at home, and they will head to College Station this coming weekend to take on the Texas A&M Aggies. The second game will be intriguing due to it being Anriel Howard’s return to Texas A&M.

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The Mississippi State basketball team is hoping to make it to their their third straight national championship game appearance. If they continue to play at the level they are playing at right now, the Bulldogs will have an excellent opportunity to do so.

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