The NCAA women’s basketball rankings are out for the week and the UConn Huskies find themselves as the No. 2 in the team behind the Baylor Lady Bears.
Of course those two teams will matchup in Waco, TX on Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN so it’s quite possible we could have a new No. 1 team in women’s basketball. Or the Huskies will drop a spot or two in the poll. I’m hoping for the former and not the latter myself.
Baylor and UConn are followed in the top five by Notre Dame, Stanford and Maryland in the AP Poll. In the top five of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll, they are followed by Notre Dame, Stanford and Duke.
Joining the Huskies and Fighting Irish in the top 25 from the Big East are the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (11/11), Louisville Cardinals (14/13), Georgetown Hoyas (17/19) and the DePaul Blue Demons (23/21).
There are no Big East teams among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll. West Virginia and Villanova are among the others receiving votes in the coaches’ poll.
For a complete look at the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Rankings for Week 5 (Dec. 13), 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 (39) | 10-0 | 975 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (29) | 10-0 | 773 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 9-0 | 930 | 2 | 2 | Connecticut (2) | 9-0 | 745 | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 9-1 | 896 | 3 | 3 | Notre Dame | 9-1 | 713 | 3 |
| 4 | Stanford | 6-1 | 852 | 4 | 4 | Stanford | 6-1 | 679 | 4 |
| 5 | Maryland | 11-0 | 803 | 5 | 5 | Maryland | 11-0 | 639 | 6 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 5-2 | 773 | 7 | 6 | Tennessee | 5-2 | 590 | 8 |
| 7 | Miami (FL) | 8-1 | 723 | 9 | 7 | Kentucky | 10-0 | 582 | 10 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 10-0 | 717 | 10 | 8 | Miami (FL) | 8-1 | 560 | 9 |
| 9 | Duke | 7-2 | 637 | 6 | 9 | Duke | 7-2 | 524 | 5 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 7-2 | 575 | 8 | 10 | Texas A&M | 7-2 | 516 | 7 |
| 11 | Rutgers | 9-1 | 560 | 11 | 11 | Rutgers | 9-1 | 463 | 11 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 8-0 | 547 | 13 | 12 | Georgia | 8-1 | 429 | 12 |
| 13 | Georgia | 8-1 | 480 | 14 | 13 | Louisville | 8-2 | 389 | 13 |
| 14 | Louisville | 8-2 | 457 | 15 | 14 | Ohio State | 8-0 | 348 | 15 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 8-0 | 451 | 16 | 15 | Green Bay | 8-0 | 321 | 16 |
| 16 | Penn State | 8-2 | 364 | 17 | 16 | North Carolina | 7-1 | 285 | 17 |
| 17 | Georgetown | 9-2 | 316 | 19 | 17 | Penn State | 8-2 | 259 | 18 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 7-1 | 313 | 18 | 18 | Vanderbilt | 10-0 | 255 | 19 |
| 19 | Green Bay | 8-0 | 241 | 21 | 19 | Georgetown | 9-2 | 226 | 20 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 10-0 | 220 | 23 | 20 | Texas Tech | 8-0 | 179 | 22 |
| 21 | Delaware | 8-0 | 209 | 22 | 21 | DePaul | 8-2 | 148 | 21 |
| 22 | Purdue | 7-3 | 206 | 12 | 22 | Purdue | 7-3 | 131 | 14 |
| 23 | DePaul | 8-2 | 166 | 20 | 23 | Delaware | 8-0 | 115 | 25 |
| 24 | Texas | 6-2 | 130 | 25 | 24 | Texas | 6-2 | 109 | 24 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 9-1 | 54 | NR | 25 | Gonzaga | 7-2 | 28 | NR |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| Oklahoma 24 | Oklahoma 23 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| California 21, Virginia 11, Oklahoma 8, LSU 8, USC 7, Arizona State 4, Arkansas 4, Georgia Tech 3, Northwestern 3, Tulane 3, Brigham Young 2, Gonzaga 2, Michigan 2, Florida State 1, Kansas 1 | Nebraska 19, Georgia Tech 16, Kansas 12, Michigan 6, California 5, Oklahoma 4, USC 2, West Virginia 2, Duquesne 2, Villanova 1 | ||||||||
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