The NCAA women’s basketball rankings are out and the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team remains as the No. 4 team in the country.
The Baylor Lady Bears remain as the No. 1 team in the land and are followed by the Stanford Cardinal, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UConn and Maryland Terrapins in both polls.
Joining the Irish and Huskies in the top 25 are St. John’s Red Storm (13/21), Georgetown Hoyas (18/15), Louisville Cardinals (19/19) and Rutgers Scarlet Knights (24/20).
The West Virginia Mountaineers are ranked No. 25 in the AP Poll but are among the others receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The DePaul Blue Demons are ranked No. 23 in the coaches poll and are among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll.
There are no other teams from the Big East among the others receiving votes in either poll.
For a complete look at the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Rankings – Week 17 (Mar. 6), click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.
| AP Top 25 | ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Baylor (40) | 31-0 | 1,000 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (31) | 31-0 | 775 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford | 28-1 | 946 | 2 | 2 | Stanford | 28-1 | 736 | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 30-3 | 931 | 3 | 3 | Notre Dame | 30-3 | 719 | 3 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 29-4 | 866 | 4 | 4 | Connecticut | 29-4 | 682 | 4 |
| 5 | Maryland | 28-4 | 848 | 6 | 5 | Maryland | 28-4 | 653 | 5 |
| 6 | Duke | 24-5 | 751 | 5 | 6 | Duke | 24-5 | 585 | 6 |
| 7 | Delaware | 27-1 | 737 | 8 | 7 | Tennessee | 24-8 | 574 | 10 |
| 8 | Miami (FL) | 25-5 | 691 | 7 | 8 | Delaware | 27-1 | 563 | 8 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 24-8 | 661 | 13 | 9 | Miami (FL) | 25-5 | 546 | 7 |
| 10 | Green Bay | 27-1 | 637 | 11 | 10 | Green Bay | 27-1 | 484 | 11 |
| 11 | Penn State | 24-6 | 585 | 9 | 11 | Kentucky | 25-6 | 475 | 9 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 25-6 | 560 | 10 | 12 | Penn State | 24-6 | 400 | 12 |
| 13 | St. John’s | 22-9 | 509 | 18 | 13 | Georgia Tech | 24-8 | 327 | 18 |
| 14 | Purdue | 24-8 | 447 | 21 | 14 | Texas A&M | 20-9 | 313 | 13 |
| 15 | Georgia Tech | 24-8 | 433 | 15 | 15 | Georgetown | 22-8 | 265 | 14 |
| 16 | St. Bonaventure | 29-3 | 367 | 19 | 15 | Purdue | 24-8 | 265 | 25 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 25-6 | 349 | 14 | 17 | Ohio State | 25-6 | 263 | 16 |
| 18 | Georgetown | 22-8 | 252 | 12 | 18 | Georgia | 22-8 | 258 | 15 |
| 19 | Louisville | 22-9 | 242 | 20 | 19 | Louisville | 22-9 | 254 | 17 |
| 20 | Nebraska | 24-8 | 228 | 24 | 20 | Rutgers | 22-9 | 191 | 19 |
| 21 | Georgia | 22-8 | 227 | 16 | 21 | St. John’s | 22-9 | 187 | 21 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 20-9 | 191 | 17 | 22 | Nebraska | 24-8 | 153 | 24 |
| 23 | Gonzaga | 26-5 | 149 | 22 | 23 | DePaul | 22-10 | 86 | 23 |
| 24 | Rutgers | 22-9 | 88 | 23 | 24 | Gonzaga | 26-5 | 77 | 20 |
| 25 | West Virginia | 23-9 | 85 | NR | 25 | St. Bonaventure | 29-3 | 68 | 22 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| South Carolina 25 | None | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| South Carolina 83, Princeton 67, Middle Tennessee 18, LSU 17, FGCU 13, DePaul 10, California 6, Arkansas 4, Dayton 1, Fresno State 1 | FGCU 29, LSU 27, Middle Tennessee 26, Princeton 20, West Virginia 20, California 16, South Carolina 15, Vanderbilt 8, Arkansas 5, Wake Forest 3, Dayton 3, USC 2, UTEP 1, Fresno State 1 | ||||||||
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