The UConn Huskies women’s basketball team remains No. 2/2 in the latest polls and have narrowed the gap between themselves and the Baylor Bears ever so slightly. Actually, the top five in both polls remained intact from last week.
The West Virginia Mountaineers join the Huskies from the Big East in the top 10 at No. 9/9. Notre Dame is in the top 10 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 10 but is No. 11 in the AP Poll.
The others teams from the Big East in the top 25 are the DePaul Blue Demons (13/18) and the Georgetown Hoyas (16/17). The St. John’s Red Storm are among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll but are No. 23 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
The Marquette Golden Eagles and Syracuse Orange are also among the others receving votes in both polls while the Rutgers Scarlet Knights received votes in just the ESPN/USA Today Coaches 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) | 16-1 | 981 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (20) | 16-1 | 761 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut (13) | 16-1 | 966 | 2 | 2 | Connecticut (9) | 17-1 | 749 | 2 |
| 3 | Duke (1) | 17-0 | 911 | 3 | 3 | Duke (2) | 17-0 | 713 | 3 |
| 4 | Stanford (1) | 14-2 | 887 | 4 | 4 | Stanford | 14-2 | 683 | 4 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 17-2 | 838 | 5 | 5 | Texas A&M | 15-1 | 650 | 5 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 15-1 | 811 | 7 | 6 | Tennessee | 17-2 | 627 | 6 |
| 7 | Xavier | 14-2 | 741 | 8 | 7 | Xavier | 14-2 | 578 | 8 |
| 8 | UCLA | 15-1 | 674 | 10 | 8 | UCLA | 15-1 | 555 | 9 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 17-1 | 667 | 6 | 9 | West Virginia | 17-1 | 516 | 7 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 16-1 | 664 | 11 | 10 | Notre Dame | 15-4 | 481 | 12 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 15-4 | 587 | 12 | 11 | North Carolina | 16-2 | 432 | 11 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 16-2 | 569 | 9 | 12 | Michigan State | 16-2 | 413 | 10 |
| 13 | DePaul | 17-2 | 520 | 14 | 13 | Oklahoma | 13-3 | 400 | 14 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 13-3 | 445 | 15 | 14 | Maryland | 14-3 | 309 | 13 |
| 15 | Maryland | 14-3 | 359 | 13 | 15 | Green Bay | 17-1 | 293 | 18 |
| 16 | Georgetown | 14-4 | 340 | 18 | 16 | Florida State | 14-4 | 292 | 15 |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | 18-1 | 316 | 22 | 17 | Georgetown | 14-4 | 280 | 17 |
| 18 | Iowa | 15-4 | 311 | 16 | 18 | DePaul | 17-2 | 272 | 21 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 13-4 | 304 | 19 | 19 | Kentucky | 13-4 | 252 | 19 |
| 20 | Iowa State | 13-4 | 183 | 17 | 20 | Iowa State | 13-4 | 186 | 16 |
| 21 | Green Bay | 17-1 | 163 | 23 | 21 | Iowa | 15-4 | 164 | 20 |
| 22 | Florida State | 14-4 | 158 | 21 | 22 | Miami (FL) | 18-1 | 126 | 25 |
| 23 | Arkansas | 15-2 | 131 | 20 | 23 | St. John’s | 13-5 | 64 | 22 |
| 24 | Georgia | 14-3 | 123 | NR | 24 | Arkansas | 15-2 | 60 | 23 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 11-6 | 77 | 24 | 25 | Texas Tech | 16-1 | 48 | NR |
| Dropped out: | Dropped out: | ||||||||
| No. 25 Syracuse | No. 24 Ohio State | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Texas Tech 61, Georgia Tech 54, Duquesne 50, Marquette 33, Boston College 27, St. John’s 13, USC 12, Marist 9, Syracuse 5, Texas 4, Bowling Green 2, Northwestern 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1, Penn State 1 | Marquette 40, Ohio State 26, Florida Gulf Coast 18, Boston College 17, Marist 16, Georgia 10, Georgia Tech 10, Bowling Green 9, Duquesne 9, Kansas 4, Oklahoma State 4, Syracuse 4, Tulane 3, Rutgers 1 | ||||||||
