The NCAA women’s basketball rankings are out for the week and after falling to the St. John’s Red Storm on Saturday night, the UConn Huskies took a slight tumble to No. 4.
The Baylor Lady Bears remain as the No. 1 team in both polls and are followed by the Stanford Cardinal, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UConn and Miami (FL) in both.
Joining Notre Dame and UConn in the top 25 are the Georgetown Hoyas (15/13), Louisville Cardinals (16/17), St. John’s Red Storm (20/25), DePaul Blue Demons (21/18) and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (24/20).
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the only team from the Big East among the others receiving votes in both polls.
For a complete look at the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Rankings – Week 15 (Feb. 21), 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) | 27-0 | 1,000 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (31) | 27-0 | 775 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford | 24-1 | 945 | 3 | 2 | Stanford | 24-1 | 734 | 3 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 25-2 | 919 | 4 | 3 | Notre Dame | 26-2 | 715 | 4 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 24-3 | 885 | 2 | 4 | Connecticut | 24-3 | 686 | 2 |
| 5 | Miami (FL) | 24-3 | 845 | 6 | 5 | Miami (FL) | 24-3 | 651 | 6 |
| 6 | Maryland | 23-4 | 781 | 8 | 6 | Maryland | 23-4 | 615 | 7 |
| 7 | Duke | 22-4 | 756 | 5 | 7 | Duke | 22-4 | 592 | 5 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 23-3 | 709 | 9 | 8 | Delaware | 24-1 | 522 | 9 |
| 9 | Delaware | 24-1 | 655 | 10 | 9 | Tennessee | 20-7 | 516 | 10 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 20-7 | 582 | 13 | 10 | Kentucky | 22-5 | 501 | 8 |
| 11 | Penn State | 21-5 | 574 | 12 | 11 | Texas A&M | 19-6 | 430 | 13 |
| 12 | Green Bay | 23-1 | 562 | 11 | 12 | Green Bay | 23-1 | 417 | 12 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 21-5 | 540 | 7 | 13 | Georgetown | 21-6 | 402 | 14 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 19-6 | 486 | 14 | 14 | Ohio State | 23-4 | 401 | 11 |
| 15 | Georgetown | 21-6 | 459 | 15 | 15 | Penn State | 22-5 | 350 | 17 |
| 16 | Louisville | 19-7 | 321 | 19 | 16 | Georgia | 20-7 | 266 | 15 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 20-7 | 285 | 20 | 17 | Louisville | 19-8 | 258 | 16 |
| 18 | Georgia | 20-7 | 266 | 18 | 18 | DePaul | 20-7 | 254 | 20 |
| 19 | St. Bonaventure | 25-2 | 245 | 22 | 19 | Georgia Tech | 20-7 | 209 | 22 |
| 20 | St. John’s | 18-8 | 208 | NR | 20 | Rutgers | 18-8 | 147 | 18 |
| 21 | DePaul | 20-7 | 191 | 24 | 21 | Gonzaga | 24-4 | 122 | 23 |
| 22 | Purdue | 19-8 | 176 | 17 | 22 | St. Bonaventure | 25-2 | 96 | 25 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 20-6 | 147 | 16 | 23 | Nebraska | 20-6 | 76 | 21 |
| 24 | Rutgers | 18-8 | 82 | 21 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 20-7 | 66 | 24 |
| 25 | Gonzaga | 24-4 | 75 | NR | 25 | St. John’s | 18-8 | 58 | NR |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| Brigham Young 23, South Carolina 25 | Purdue 19 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| West Virginia 65, South Carolina 54, Arkansas 29, Princeton 28, UTEP 24, Fresno State 23, Vanderbilt 16, Brigham Young 15, California 14, Middle Tennessee 13, North Carolina 10, Oklahoma 9, FGCU 6 | Purdue 53, West Virginia 39, UTEP 35, FGCU 24, Middle Tennessee 22, California 13, Fresno State 11, South Carolina 10, Princeton 6, Kansas State 2, Arkansas 1 | ||||||||
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