SEC women’s basketball closed the first Saturday of the season with every team still unbeaten in the league’s November 8 notes, Alabama and Texas A&M moving to 3-0, Texas joining the 2-0 group, and a Sunday slate headlined by No. 1 South Carolina against North Carolina and Kentucky against NC State at the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL — November 8, 2026

Weekly schedule / results (all times Eastern):
November 2: Alcorn State at Ole Miss W 80-38; South Carolina vs Maryland (Oui Play, Paris) W 101-93; Lipscomb at Vanderbilt W 112-53; North Carolina vs Oklahoma (Oui Play, Paris) W 91-79; West Georgia at Georgia W 92-53; Bucknell at Florida W 83-60; Morehead State at Kentucky W 85-42; Duquesne at Tennessee W 109-62; Southeastern Louisiana at LSU W 129-35; Queens at Alabama W 92-56; Alabama State at Auburn W 84-35; New Orleans at Arkansas W 127-48; Howard at Missouri W 91-88 (OT); UAPB at Texas A&M W 77-54
November 3: North Alabama at Mississippi State W 68-27
November 4: New Orleans at Alabama W 118-45; Queens at Vanderbilt W 100-42; Fairleigh Dickinson at Texas W 85-65
November 5: UCF at Florida W 95-65; Northern Kentucky at Kentucky W 79-28; Winthrop at Georgia W 75-40; North Alabama at Ole Miss W 72-51; Tennessee at Coppin State W 98-60; Alabama A&M at Alabama W 96-43; Southern Miss at Auburn W 56-48; Texas Southern at LSU W 131-22; Louisiana at Texas A&M W 62-51
November 6: Northwestern State at Arkansas W 89-59; Missouri at Little Rock W 73-50
November 7: LSU New Orleans at Texas A&M W 90-63; Northern Colorado at Texas W 91-29
November 8: Alabama at Tulane 1 p.m. ESPN2; Nicholls at Georgia 1 p.m. SECN+; Florida at Chattanooga 2 p.m. ESPN+; NC State vs Kentucky 3 p.m. ESPN2 (Ally Tipoff, Charlotte); Mississippi State at UT Martin 3 p.m. ESPN+; Morgan State at Oklahoma 3 p.m. SECN+; South Carolina vs North Carolina 5:30 p.m. ESPN (Ally Tipoff, Charlotte)
November 9: Tennessee Tech at Missouri 12 p.m. SECN+; Kansas City at Arkansas 7:30 p.m. SECN+; Morehead State at Vanderbilt 7:30 p.m. SECN+

Conference standings (overall): Alabama 3-0, Texas A&M 3-0, Arkansas 2-0, Auburn 2-0, Florida 2-0, Georgia 2-0, Kentucky 2-0, LSU 2-0, Ole Miss 2-0, Missouri 2-0, Tennessee 2-0, Texas 2-0, Vanderbilt 2-0, Mississippi State 1-0, Oklahoma 1-0, South Carolina 1-0. All teams 0-0 in conference play.

Conference notes, Around the League:
Three of South Carolina’s first four games are against top-20 opponents with all three games at neutral sites (Maryland in Paris, North Carolina in Charlotte and Southern Cal in Greenville).
Through three games, Alabama’s bench has produced 157 points, averaging 52.3 points per game, to rank 11th in the country for bench points per game. Alayna West and Kylie Torrence pace the Crimson Tide as the two have averaged 22 and 20 minutes off the bench, respectively.
The Gators are outscoring their opponents by 26.5 points per game in the early going this season, thanks in large part to the play of Kiyomi McMiller. The junior transfer is second in the nation in scoring (36.5 ppg) and shooting an efficient 56.0 percent from the field, and 50.0 percent from 3-point range.
Through two games this season, UK has allowed the fewest points combined in its first two games of a season (70 combined) since 1974-75 (66 combined).

Poll domination:
The Southeastern Conference has seven teams in the Associated Press Top 25, including a nation best, four in the top 10.
South Carolina has the longest active AP Poll streak in the conference with 269 weeks. LSU is next at 97 with Texas (70), Oklahoma (51), Kentucky (42), Ole Miss (24) and Vanderbilt (21) are all in double digits.
Tennessee has been ranked the most at 810 times with Texas (663), Georgia (560), LSU (461), South Carolina (404), Vanderbilt (368), and Oklahoma (365) in the Top 25.
Seven SEC teams are also listed in the USA Today Coaches Poll, including four in the top 10.
Preseason AP Poll: 1 South Carolina (23) 764, 6 Texas 618, 8 Vanderbilt 536, 9 LSU 512, 14 Kentucky 325, 19 Ole Miss 223, 21 Oklahoma 206. Receiving votes: Tennessee 9, Alabama 7, Georgia 2.
Preseason USA Today Coaches Poll: 1 South Carolina (26) 792, 6 Texas 632, 8 LSU 572, 9 Vanderbilt 521, 14 Kentucky 352, 21 Oklahoma 211, 23 Ole Miss 95.

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