After spending the past eight weeks as the number two team in women’s college basketball, the UConn Huskies have returned to the top in both polls after the former No. 1 Baylor Bears lost last Saturday. With the loss, the Bears slipped to No. 3 while the Stanford Cardinal, the only team to beat UConn this season, moved up to No. 2.
Joining the Huskies in the top ten from the Big East are the No. 8/7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The DePaul Blue Demons are ranked No. 7 in the AP Poll but are only No. 11 in the coaches poll.
The other Big East teams ranked in the top 25 of both polls are the Georgetown Hoyas (18/19), West Virginia Mountaineers (19/18) and the Marquette Golden Eagles (24/22).
The St. John’s Red Storm are the only team from the Big East in the other receiving votes of both polls. The Louisville Cardinals, Syracuse Orange and Rutgers Scarlet Knights 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 | Connecticut (37) | 26-1 | 997 | 2 | 1 | Connecticut (30) | 26-1 | 774 | 2 |
| 2 | Stanford (3) | 24-2 | 953 | 3 | 2 | Stanford (1) | 24-2 | 737 | 3 |
| 3 | Baylor | 24-2 | 914 | 1 | 3 | Baylor | 24-2 | 699 | 1 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 25-2 | 892 | 4 | 4 | Tennessee | 26-2 | 693 | 4 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 22-3 | 819 | 5 | 5 | Texas A&M | 22-3 | 649 | 5 |
| 6 | Xavier | 23-2 | 808 | 6 | 6 | Xavier | 23-2 | 630 | 6 |
| 7 | DePaul | 25-3 | 705 | 10 | 7 | Notre Dame | 22-5 | 543 | 8 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 22-5 | 688 | 8 | 8 | Michigan State | 24-3 | 520 | 10 |
| 9 | Duke | 24-3 | 681 | 7 | 9 | Duke | 24-3 | 515 | 7 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 24-3 | 652 | 11 | 9 | UCLA | 22-3 | 515 | 9 |
| 11 | UCLA | 22-3 | 631 | 9 | 11 | DePaul | 25-3 | 501 | 11 |
| 12 | Miami (FL) | 23-3 | 539 | 13 | 12 | Florida State | 22-5 | 444 | 12 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 22-4 | 534 | 12 | 13 | Green Bay | 25-1 | 366 | 14 |
| 14 | Florida State | 22-5 | 482 | 15 | 14 | Miami (FL) | 24-3 | 363 | 16 |
| 15 | Maryland | 21-6 | 404 | 16 | 15 | Oklahoma | 19-7 | 354 | 15 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 19-7 | 397 | 14 | 16 | North Carolina | 22-5 | 297 | 13 |
| 17 | Green Bay | 25-1 | 370 | 17 | 17 | Maryland | 21-6 | 293 | 17 |
| 18 | Georgetown | 20-7 | 255 | 18 | 18 | West Virginia | 21-6 | 210 | 20 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 21-6 | 236 | 21 | 19 | Georgetown | 20-7 | 205 | 18 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 20-7 | 214 | 19 | 20 | Kentucky | 20-7 | 155 | 19 |
| 21 | Marist | 24-2 | 130 | 24 | 21 | Marist | 25-2 | 134 | 24 |
| 22 | Georgia | 20-6 | 108 | NR | 22 | Marquette | 20-6 | 87 | 21 |
| 23 | Gonzaga | 24-4 | 95 | 25 | 23 | Gonzaga | 24-4 | 85 | NR |
| 24 | Marquette | 20-6 | 90 | 22 | 24 | Iowa State | 19-8 | 71 | 23 |
| 25 | Iowa State | 18-8 | 76 | 20 | 25 | Houston | 22-4 | 53 | NR |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| Penn State 23 | St. John’s 22, Penn State 25 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Penn State 63, Iowa 60, Texas Tech 56, Houston 50, Georgia Tech 35, Louisiana Tech 21, Temple 19, Ohio State 9, Brigham Young 7, Boston College 5, St. John’s 3, Princeton 2 | St. John’s 45, Texas Tech 29, Louisiana Tech 26, Iowa 26, Georgia 14, Georgia Tech 11, Penn State 9, Northern Iowa 8, Louisville 4, Syracuse 4, Rutgers 3, Kansas State 1, Middle Tennessee 1, Toledo 1 | ||||||||
