The NCAA rankings are out and the UConn Huskies women’s basketball continues to narrow the gap to the No. 1/1 Baylor Bears. The top five in the AP Poll remained the same since it comes out on Monday. In the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, Stanford moved up to No. 3, Tennessee moved up two spots to No. 4 and Duke fell to No. 5.
Joining the Huskies in the top 10 from the Big East is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish who come in at No. 8/8. The DePaul Blue Demons are in the top 10 in the AP Poll at No. 9 but are ranked No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
Also in the top 25 from the Big East are the West Virginia (14/15), the Georgetown Hoyas (17/19) and the Marquette Golden Eagles (23/24). The St. John’s Red Storm and Syracuse Orange are ranked in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 23 and No. 25 respectively.
Syracuse is the top team receiving votes in the AP Poll while the Louisville Cardinals are the only team from the Big East receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Poll.
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| AP Top 25 | ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PREV | RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PREV |
| 1 | Baylor (25) | 19-1 | 981 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (19) | 19-1 | 762 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut (13) | 20-1 | 966 | 2 | 2 | Connecticut (12) | 21-1 | 755 | 2 |
| 3 | Duke (1) | 20-0 | 907 | 3 | 3 | Stanford | 18-2 | 708 | 4 |
| 4 | Stanford (1) | 18-2 | 896 | 4 | 4 | Tennessee | 21-2 | 659 | 6 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 21-2 | 843 | 5 | 5 | Duke | 20-1 | 644 | 3 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 18-2 | 787 | 6 | 6 | Texas A&M | 18-2 | 630 | 5 |
| 7 | Xavier | 17-2 | 766 | 7 | 7 | Xavier | 17-2 | 600 | 7 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 18-4 | 702 | 9 | 8 | Notre Dame | 18-4 | 548 | 9 |
| 9 | DePaul | 21-2 | 657 | 12 | 9 | UCLA | 18-2 | 529 | 10 |
| 10 | UCLA | 18-2 | 647 | 11 | 10 | Maryland | 18-3 | 421 | 13 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 18-3 | 532 | 10 | 11 | Oklahoma | 16-4 | 407 | 12 |
| 12 | Maryland | 18-3 | 519 | 14 | 12 | North Carolina | 19-3 | 394 | 14 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 16-4 | 501 | 13 | 13 | DePaul | 21-2 | 377 | 17 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 19-3 | 483 | 8 | 14 | Florida State | 18-4 | 371 | 15 |
| 15 | North Carolina | 19-3 | 465 | 15 | 15 | Michigan State | 18-3 | 365 | 11 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 17-4 | 383 | 17 | 15 | West Virginia | 19-3 | 365 | 8 |
| 17 | Georgetown | 17-5 | 341 | 19 | 17 | Green Bay | 20-1 | 304 | 16 |
| 18 | Miami (FL) | 20-2 | 314 | 16 | 18 | Kentucky | 17-4 | 281 | 18 |
| 19 | Florida State | 18-4 | 313 | 21 | 19 | Georgetown | 17-5 | 229 | 19 |
| 20 | Iowa | 17-5 | 280 | 18 | 20 | Iowa State | 15-5 | 184 | 20 |
| 21 | Green Bay | 20-1 | 225 | 22 | 21 | Miami (FL) | 20-2 | 161 | 22 |
| 22 | Iowa State | 15-5 | 171 | 23 | 22 | Iowa | 17-5 | 155 | 21 |
| 23 | Marquette | 17-4 | 76 | NR | 23 | St. John’s | 15-6 | 45 | NR |
| 24 | Georgia | 16-5 | 43 | 20 | 24 | Marquette | 17-4 | 38 | NR |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 18-6 | 43 | 25 | 25 | Syracuse | 16-4 | 34 | NR |
| Dropped out: | Dropped out: | ||||||||
| Ohio State, 24 | Ohio State 23, Georgia 24, Texas Tech 25 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Syracuse 32, Marist 29, Duquesne 24, Penn State 23, Ohio State 14, Gonzaga 12, Boston College 8, Houston 6, Temple 4, Kansas State 3, Louisiana Tech 3, Princeton 1 | Marist 23, Arkansas 14, Gonzaga 10, Georgia Tech 9, Louisiana Tech 8, Georgia 7, Florida Gulf Coast 6, Penn State 6, Texas Tech 6, Tulane 5, Bowling Green 4, Ohio State 3, Duquesne 2, Oklahoma State 2, Houston 1, Kansas State 1, Louisville 1, Middle Tennessee 1 | ||||||||
