AP & ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls

The NCAA women’s basketball rankings are out for the first time in the new year and the UConn Huskies remain as the No. 2 team in the land behind the Baylor Lady Bears.

The top five in both polls is the same as it has been the last two weeks. Baylor and UConn are followed by Notre Dame, Stanford and Maryland.

Joining the Huskies and Fighting Irish in the top 25 from the Big East are the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (10/10), Louisville Cardinals (14/12), Georgetown Hoyas (15/16) and DePaul Blue Demons (20/18).

There are no teams from the Big East among the others receiving votes in both polls.

For a complete look at the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Rankings for Week 8 (Jan. 3), 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 (39) 13-0 975 1 1 Baylor (29) 13-0 773 1
2 Connecticut 11-1 925 2 2 Connecticut (2) 11-1 742 2
3 Notre Dame 13-1 903 3 3 Notre Dame 13-1 714 3
4 Stanford 11-1 860 4 4 Stanford 11-1 684 4
5 Maryland 13-0 818 5 5 Maryland 14-0 650 5
6 Tennessee 9-3 745 7 6 Duke 10-2 611 7
7 Duke 9-2 717 8 7 Tennessee 9-3 590 8
8 Ohio State 14-0 670 9 8 Texas A&M 9-2 543 9
9 Texas A&M 9-2 647 10 9 Kentucky 12-2 509 6
10 Rutgers 11-2 586 11 10 Rutgers 11-2 482 11
11 Kentucky 12-2 560 6 11 Ohio State 15-0 478 12
12 Miami (FL) 11-2 540 12 12 Louisville 12-2 411 13
13 Texas Tech 12-0 522 13 13 Miami (FL) 11-3 394 10
14 Louisville 12-2 487 14 14 Green Bay 12-0 378 14
15 Georgetown 12-2 481 15 15 Georgia 12-2 341 15
16 Georgia 12-2 356 17 16 Georgetown 12-2 321 16
17 Green Bay 12-0 337 18 17 Texas Tech 12-0 261 18
18 Purdue 11-3 233 20 18 DePaul 13-2 236 19
19 Nebraska 12-1 224 23 19 Penn State 11-3 182 17
20 DePaul 13-2 222 21 20 Delaware 10-1 153 20
21 Delaware 10-1 201 19 21 Vanderbilt 12-1 146 21
22 Penn State 10-3 188 16 22 Purdue 12-3 136 21
23 Texas 10-2 175 22 23 North Carolina 11-2 130 23
24 Vanderbilt 12-1 102 25 24 Gonzaga 12-2 68 24
25 North Carolina 10-2 99 24 25 Texas 10-2 64 25
Dropped from rankings: Dropped from rankings:
None None
Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes:
Gonzaga 12, Virginia 11, LSU 6, South Carolina 3, Georgia Tech 2, Kansas 1, Michigan 1, Colorado 1 Nebraska 50, Georgia Tech 12, Kansas 10, Michigan 4, South Carolina 2

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