The NCAA women’s basketball rankings came out on Tuesday and the UConn Huskies remain No. 2 in both polls despite falling to No. 1 Baylor on Sunday night.
The top five is the same in both polls from last week as Baylor and UConn are followed by Notre Dame, Stanford and Maryland.
Joining the Huskies and the Irish in the top 25 of both polls are the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (12/11), Louisville Cardinals (14/12), Georgetown Hoyas (17/17) and DePaul Blue Demons (21/19).
There are no Big East teams among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll and the Villanova Wildcats are among the others receiving votes in the Coaches’ poll.
For a complete look at the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Rankings for Week 6 (Dec. 20), 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) | 11-0 | 1,000 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (30) | 11-0 | 774 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 9-1 | 944 | 2 | 2 | Connecticut (1) | 9-1 | 739 | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 10-1 | 926 | 3 | 3 | Notre Dame | 10-1 | 717 | 3 |
| 4 | Stanford | 7-1 | 878 | 4 | 4 | Stanford | 7-1 | 683 | 4 |
| 5 | Maryland | 11-0 | 825 | 5 | 5 | Maryland | 11-0 | 641 | 5 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 7-2 | 802 | 6 | 6 | Tennessee | 7-2 | 623 | 6 |
| 7 | Miami (FL) | 9-1 | 758 | 7 | 7 | Miami (FL) | 9-1 | 567 | 8 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 10-1 | 692 | 8 | 8 | Kentucky | 10-1 | 563 | 7 |
| 9 | Duke | 7-2 | 657 | 9 | 9 | Duke | 7-2 | 533 | 9 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 8-2 | 613 | 10 | 10 | Texas A&M | 8-2 | 480 | 10 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 11-0 | 585 | 12 | 11 | Rutgers | 10-2 | 442 | 11 |
| 12 | Rutgers | 10-2 | 546 | 11 | 12 | Louisville | 11-2 | 414 | 13 |
| 13 | Georgia | 8-1 | 500 | 13 | 13 | Ohio State | 11-0 | 409 | 14 |
| 14 | Louisville | 10-2 | 483 | 14 | 14 | Green Bay | 8-0 | 352 | 15 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 9-0 | 476 | 15 | 15 | Georgia | 8-2 | 322 | 12 |
| 16 | Penn State | 9-2 | 390 | 16 | 16 | Penn State | 9-2 | 319 | 17 |
| 17 | Georgetown | 9-2 | 363 | 17 | 17 | Georgetown | 9-2 | 264 | 19 |
| 18 | Green Bay | 8-0 | 300 | 19 | 18 | Texas Tech | 9-0 | 242 | 20 |
| 19 | Delaware | 8-0 | 259 | 21 | 19 | DePaul | 11-2 | 206 | 21 |
| 20 | Purdue | 8-3 | 213 | 22 | 20 | Delaware | 9-0 | 152 | 23 |
| 21 | DePaul | 10-2 | 204 | 23 | 21 | Purdue | 9-3 | 132 | 22 |
| 22 | Texas | 8-2 | 162 | 24 | 22 | North Carolina | 7-2 | 123 | 16 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 7-2 | 114 | 18 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 10-1 | 122 | 18 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 10-1 | 110 | 25 | 24 | Gonzaga | 9-2 | 100 | 25 |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | 10-1 | 103 | 20 | 25 | Texas | 8-2 | 90 | 24 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| None | None | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Virginia 26, California 19, LSU 15, South Carolina 10, Arkansas 6, Northwestern 5, Georgia Tech 3, Gonzaga 3, USC 3, Brigham Young 2, Michigan 2, Kansas 1, St. Bonaventure 1, Tulane 1 | Nebraska 16, Georgia Tech 15, Kansas 9, Duquesne 6, Bowling Green 6, California 5, Michigan 2, South Carolina 2, UTEP 2, Oklahoma 2, Villanova 1 | ||||||||
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