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March Madness: Power ranking the 16 top contenders to win the NCAA women's tournament

South Carolina is again undefeated and the favorite entering the NCAA women’s tournament, but that doesn’t mean the Gamecocks won’t have a battle ahead of them.

The field is deep this March and potential title teams lurk all over the bracket. The Albany 2 region will be a gauntlet for any of No. 1 Iowa, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 LSU and No. 4 Kansas State to get through. That impacted their rankings on this list significantly.

(In parentheses: region and seed | record | NET rank)

1. South Carolina (Albany 1, 1 | 32-0 | 1)

The lone undefeated squad has to reign atop the power rankings.