MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State women’s basketball will enter the 2024-25 season ranked among the preseason Associated Press (AP) women’s basketball top-25, as the Wildcats open the season ranked 13th.
The Wildcats, who were voted as the Big 12 favorites in the preseason Big 12 Coaches poll, are ranked in the preseason AP poll for the fourth time in program history and the first time since 2004-05. This was K-State’s highest preseason AP ranking since opening the 2003-04 season ranked fifth.
K-State ended the 2023-24 season ranked 19th in the final AP poll after beginning the season unranked. The Wildcats were ranked for 19 consecutive weeks in both the AP and Coaches polls to conclude the 2023-24 season.
The Wildcats were joined in the preseason AP poll by three Big 12 members – Iowa State at eighth, Baylor at 12th and West Virginia at 16th. K-State’s non-conference opponent, Creighton, is ranked 21st.
Kansas State will be led into the 2024-25 season by Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Ayoka Lee and Preseason All-Big 12 selection Serena Sundell.