After seeing their record 90-game winning streak come to an end last week against the Stanford Cardinal, the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team has slipped to No. 2 in the latest rankings that came out on Tuesday. The beneficiary of UConn’s loss was the Baylor Bears who move up to No. 1 in both polls.
The Duke Blue Devils remain No. 3 while the Cardinal jumped up to No. 4. The Tennessee Volunteers remain No. 5.
Joining the Huskies from the Big East in the top 10 are the West Virginia Mountaineers (6/7). Other Big East teams in the top 25 are the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13/12), Georgetown Hoyas (15/14), DePaul Blue Demons (16/23) and the St. John’s Red Storm (18/18). The Syracuse Orange are ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll and are the first team receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today 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 (23) | 13-1 | 978 | 2 | 1 | Baylor (17) | 13-1 | 756 | 2 |
| 2 | Connecticut (14) | 12-1 | 967 | 1 | 2 | Connecticut (11) | 12-1 | 741 | 1 |
| 3 | Duke (1) | 13-0 | 911 | 3 | 3 | Duke (3) | 13-0 | 718 | 3 |
| 4 | Stanford (2) | 10-2 | 881 | 9 | 4 | Stanford | 10-2 | 676 | 8 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 13-2 | 827 | 5 | 5 | Texas A&M | 11-1 | 639 | 5 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 14-0 | 789 | 6 | 6 | Tennessee | 13-2 | 623 | 6 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 11-1 | 778 | 7 | 7 | West Virginia | 14-0 | 600 | 7 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 13-0 | 703 | 10 | 8 | North Carolina | 14-0 | 536 | 10 |
| 9 | Xavier | 10-2 | 670 | 4 | 9 | Xavier | 10-2 | 532 | 4 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 11-1 | 633 | 11 | 10 | Kentucky | 11-1 | 485 | 11 |
| 11 | Michigan State | 13-1 | 598 | 12 | 11 | UCLA | 12-1 | 455 | 9 |
| 12 | UCLA | 12-1 | 565 | 8 | 12 | Notre Dame | 12-3 | 410 | 14 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 12-3 | 486 | 16 | 13 | Michigan State | 13-1 | 392 | 16 |
| 14 | Maryland | 13-1 | 470 | 18 | 14 | Georgetown | 12-3 | 316 | 18 |
| 15 | Georgetown | 12-3 | 360 | 19 | 15 | Maryland | 13-1 | 315 | 20 |
| 16 | DePaul | 13-2 | 300 | 21 | 16 | Iowa State | 11-2 | 277 | 19 |
| 17 | Iowa State | 11-2 | 297 | 20 | 17 | Oklahoma | 10-3 | 247 | 14 |
| 18 | St. John’s | 12-2 | 287 | 17 | 18 | St. John’s | 12-2 | 200 | 17 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 10-3 | 279 | 15 | 19 | Florida State | 12-3 | 188 | 23 |
| 20 | Ohio State | 9-4 | 191 | 13 | 20 | Green Bay | 13-1 | 187 | 21 |
| 21 | Iowa | 12-3 | 189 | 14 | 21 | Ohio State | 9-4 | 176 | 12 |
| 22 | Texas | 11-3 | 162 | 23 | 22 | Iowa | 12-3 | 166 | 13 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 12-1 | 122 | 24 | 23 | DePaul | 13-2 | 162 | 22 |
| 24 | Florida State | 12-3 | 107 | 25 | 24 | Texas | 11-3 | 45 | NR |
| 25 | Arkansas | 12-1 | 72 | 22 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 11-1 | 41 | NR |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| None | Arkansas 24, Boston College 25 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Green Bay 69, Miami (FL) 64, Boston College 54, Arizona State 38, USC 29, Georgia 27, Michigan 24, Duquesne 19, Bowling Green 15, Oklahoma State 13, Kansas 11, Northwestern 6, Texas Tech 4, Marist 3, Florida 1, Florida Gulf Coast 1 | Syracuse 32, Arkansas 27, Bowling Green 26, Miami (FL) 22, Kansas 21, Michigan 15, Marist 9, Boston College 7, Arizona State 6, Florida Gulf Coast 6, Marquette 6, Texas Tech 5, Florida 3, Arizona 2, Nebraska 2, Nevada 2, Northwestern 1 | ||||||||
