The first AP Poll of the 2024-25 women's basketball season has been revealed.

To open the season, Tennessee is unranked but did receive three votes in the poll.

This places the Lady Vols at a tie for the 36th most votes of any team in the poll.

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SEC teams ahead of the Lady Vols are No. 1 South Carolina, No. 4 Texas, No. 7 LSU, No. 10 Oklahoma, No. 20 Ole Miss, No. 22 Kentucky, No. 24 Alabama and (RV) Vanderbilt.

This places Tennessee as the ninth-highest-ranked team in the conference.

The last time the Lady Vols went into a season unranked was before the 2020-21 campaign. Kellie Harper steered that squad to finish No. 13 in the country.

Now, Kim Caldwell takes over in an attempt to keep Tennessee's NCAA Tournament berth streak alive. Currently, the Lady Vols are the only program to have made every single women's basketball tournament.

Tennessee boasts returners Jewel Spear, Sara Puckett, Tess Darby, Talaysia Cooper and Jillian Hollingshead along with other players coming back following the coaching change.

Caldwell also brings in transfers such as Zee Spearman, Samara Spencer, Ruby Whitehorn, Favor Ayodele and Alyssa Latham.

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