AP & ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls

Another week of NCAA Women’s Basketball polls and we find the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team narrowing the gap between themselves and the No. 1 Baylor Bears. The Huskies trail the Bears by 10 points in the AP Poll and just six points in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

Stanford, Tennessee and Texas A&M round out the top five in both polls.

Joining UConn from the Big East in the top 10 are the No. 8/8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, a team the Huskies will face on Saturday afternoon at Gampel Pavilion. The DePaul Blue Demons are ranked No. 10 in the AP Poll but are No. 11 in the coaches poll.

Also in the top 25 from the Big East are the Georgetown Hoyas (18/18), West Virginia Mountaineers (21/20) and the Marquette Golden Eagles (22/21). St. John’s is among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll but are No. 22 in the coaches polls. Louisville, Rutgers and Syracuse are among the others receiving votes in the coaches poll.

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AP Top 25 ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS PREV RK TEAM REC PTS PREV
1 Baylor (24) 24-1 982 1 1 Baylor (18) 24-1 762 1
2 Connecticut (15) 25-1 972 2 2 Connecticut (13) 25-1 756 2
3 Stanford (1) 22-2 918 3 3 Stanford 22-2 711 3
4 Tennessee 24-2 881 4 4 Tennessee 24-2 680 4
5 Texas A&M 21-3 838 6 5 Texas A&M 21-3 626 5
6 Xavier 21-2 776 7 6 Xavier 21-2 625 6
7 Duke 23-2 755 5 7 Duke 23-2 588 7
8 Notre Dame 22-4 729 8 8 Notre Dame 22-4 567 8
9 UCLA 21-2 679 9 9 UCLA 21-2 541 9
10 DePaul 23-3 638 10 10 Michigan State 22-3 466 13
11 Michigan State 22-3 609 11 11 DePaul 23-3 456 14
12 North Carolina 22-4 510 13 12 Florida State 20-5 404 15
13 Miami (FL) 22-3 504 20 13 North Carolina 22-4 402 10
14 Oklahoma 18-7 447 14 14 Green Bay 24-1 344 16
15 Florida State 20-5 428 19 15 Oklahoma 18-7 326 12
16 Maryland 20-5 355 12 16 Miami (FL) 22-3 323 21
17 Green Bay 24-1 354 18 17 Maryland 20-5 315 11
18 Georgetown 20-6 338 16 18 Georgetown 20-6 238 17
19 Kentucky 19-6 303 15 19 Kentucky 19-6 208 18
20 Iowa State 17-7 179 22 20 West Virginia 20-6 139 19
21 West Virginia 20-6 170 17 21 Marquette 19-5 105 22
22 Marquette 19-5 156 21 22 St. John’s 17-7 103 25
23 Penn State 21-6 138 23 23 Iowa State 17-7 99 20
24 Marist 22-2 106 25 24 Marist 23-2 95 24
25 Gonzaga 22-4 52 NR 25 Penn State 21-6 59 23
Dropped out: Dropped out:
No. 24 Georgia None
Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes:
Iowa 40, Houston 38, Georgia 34, Georgia Tech 19, Louisiana Tech 17, Temple 16, St. John’s 10, Boston College 3, Vanderbilt 3, Brigham Young 2, Princeton 1 Gonzaga 44, Iowa 22, Houston 22, Louisiana Tech 16, Georgia Tech 9, Georgia 7, Louisville 4, Northern Iowa 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Rutgers 3, Syracuse 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 1