The NCAA women’s basketball rankings are out for the week and the UConn Huskies now find themselves as the No. 2 team in the land after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were upset by the West Virginia Mountaineers this past weekend.
The Baylor Lady Bears remain as the unanimous No. 1 team in both polls and are followed by UConn, Stanford, Notre Dame and Duke in both as well.
Joining UConn and Notre Dame in the top 25 from the Big East are the Georgetown Hoyas (15/14), Louisville Cardinals (19/16), Rutgers Scarlet Knights (21/18) and the DePaul Blue Demons (24/20).
The Mountaineers and St. John’s Red Storm find themselves among the others receiving votes in both polls.
For a complete look at the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Rankings – Week 14 (Feb. 14), click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.
| AP Top 25 | ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Baylor (40) | 25-0 | 1,000 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (31) | 25-0 | 775 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 24-2 | 950 | 3 | 2 | Connecticut | 24-2 | 740 | 3 |
| 3 | Stanford | 22-1 | 905 | 4 | 3 | Stanford | 22-1 | 702 | 4 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 24-2 | 894 | 2 | 4 | Notre Dame | 24-2 | 693 | 2 |
| 5 | Duke | 21-3 | 827 | 5 | 5 | Duke | 21-3 | 649 | 5 |
| 6 | Miami (FL) | 22-3 | 816 | 6 | 6 | Miami (FL) | 22-3 | 626 | 6 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 21-4 | 758 | 7 | 7 | Maryland | 21-4 | 570 | 8 |
| 8 | Maryland | 21-4 | 707 | 8 | 8 | Kentucky | 21-4 | 528 | 7 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 22-3 | 655 | 10 | 9 | Delaware | 22-1 | 497 | 12 |
| 10 | Delaware | 22-1 | 644 | 12 | 10 | Tennessee | 18-7 | 484 | 11 |
| 11 | Green Bay | 21-1 | 523 | 9 | 11 | Ohio State | 22-3 | 473 | 10 |
| 12 | Penn State | 20-5 | 483 | 18 | 12 | Green Bay | 21-1 | 406 | 9 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 18-7 | 462 | 11 | 13 | Texas A&M | 17-6 | 398 | 14 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 17-6 | 441 | 15 | 14 | Georgetown | 19-6 | 395 | 13 |
| 15 | Georgetown | 19-6 | 418 | 14 | 15 | Georgia | 19-6 | 300 | 20 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 19-4 | 393 | 13 | 16 | Louisville | 18-7 | 279 | 17 |
| 17 | Purdue | 19-6 | 378 | 16 | 17 | Penn State | 20-5 | 254 | 21 |
| 18 | Georgia | 19-6 | 341 | 21 | 18 | Rutgers | 17-7 | 211 | 16 |
| 19 | Louisville | 18-7 | 272 | 20 | 19 | Purdue | 19-6 | 209 | 19 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 18-7 | 182 | 22 | 20 | DePaul | 19-7 | 170 | 22 |
| 21 | Rutgers | 17-7 | 181 | 17 | 21 | Nebraska | 19-5 | 148 | 15 |
| 22 | St. Bonaventure | 24-2 | 176 | 25 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 18-7 | 136 | 23 |
| 23 | Brigham Young | 22-4 | 106 | NR | 23 | Gonzaga | 22-4 | 116 | 18 |
| 24 | DePaul | 19-7 | 101 | NR | 24 | Vanderbilt | 19-6 | 62 | 25 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 19-6 | 72 | 24 | 25 | St. Bonaventure | 24-2 | 56 | NR |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| Gonzaga 19, North Carolina 22 | South Carolina 24 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Gonzaga 64, West Virginia 60, Arkansas 50, St. John’s 24, Oklahoma 23, UTEP 17, Princeton 16, Fresno State 15, North Carolina 15, California 10, FGCU 10, Vanderbilt 6, Middle Tennessee 4, Kansas State 1 | West Virginia 39, South Carolina 38, UTEP 22, FGCU 20, Middle Tennessee 20, Brigham Young 18, St. John’s 12, Arkansas 10, Fresno State 8, Princeton 6, California 3, Oklahoma 2 | ||||||||
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