After enjoying a week at No. 1, the UConn Huskies women's basketball team has fallen to No. 3 in the AP Poll and No. 2 in the USA Today Coaches Poll after their loss on Saturday in the latest rankings.
The Baylor Lady Bears return to the top of both polls and are followed by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UConn, Duke Blue Devils and Stanford Cardinal in the AP Poll. In the Coaches Poll, the Lady Bears are followed by UConn, Notre Dame, Stanford and Duke.
Joining the Irish and Huskies in the top 25 from the Big East are the Louisville Cardinals (15/13).
The Syracuse Orange, DePaul Blue Demons and Villanova Wildcats are among the others receiving votes in both polls. The South Florida Bulls and St. John's Red Storm are among the others receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.
For a full look at the 2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings – Week 10 (Jan. 8), please click on the continue reading button below if you're on the home page.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | PVS |
| 1 | Baylor (32) | 12-1 | 984 | 2 | 1 | Baylor (21) | 12-1 | 758 | 2 |
| 2 | Notre Dame (2) | 12-1 | 945 | 5 | 2 | Connecticut (4) | 12-1 | 724 | 1 |
| 3 | Connecticut (2) | 12-1 | 907 | 1 | 3 | Notre Dame (4) | 12-1 | 700 | 5 |
| 4 | Duke (4) | 13-0 | 903 | 3 | 4 | Stanford | 13-1 | 683 | 3 |
| 5 | Stanford | 13-1 | 860 | 4 | 5 | Duke (2) | 13-0 | 678 | 4 |
| 6 | Kentucky | 14-1 | 791 | 6 | 6 | Kentucky | 14-1 | 620 | 6 |
| 7 | California | 12-1 | 747 | 7 | 7 | California | 12-1 | 589 | 7 |
| 8 | Penn State | 12-2 | 706 | 9 | 8 | Penn State | 12-2 | 550 | 9 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 11-3 | 667 | 12 | 9 | Tennessee | 11-3 | 511 | 13 |
| 10 | Maryland | 11-3 | 596 | 8 | 10 | Maryland | 11-3 | 462 | 8 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 15-1 | 581 | 15 | 11 | Purdue | 13-2 | 459 | 14 |
| 12 | Purdue | 13-2 | 537 | 14 | 12 | Georgia | 13-2 | 405 | 11 |
| 13 | Georgia | 13-2 | 506 | 10 | 13 | Louisville | 12-3 | 367 | 10 |
| 14 | UCLA | 11-2 | 451 | 16 | 14 | Oklahoma | 12-2 | 353 | 16 |
| 15 | Louisville | 12-3 | 411 | 11 | 15 | UCLA | 11-2 | 323 | 17 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 12-2 | 388 | 17 | 16 | South Carolina | 13-2 | 273 | 15 |
| 17 | Kansas | 11-2 | 264 | 21 | 17 | Dayton | 12-1 | 241 | 18 |
| 18 | Florida State | 12-2 | 255 | 19 | 18 | Oklahoma State | 11-2 | 224 | 12 |
| 18 | South Carolina | 13-2 | 255 | 18 | 19 | Kansas | 11-2 | 222 | 20 |
| 20 | Texas A&M | 12-4 | 241 | 24 | 20 | North Carolina | 15-1 | 218 | 23 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 11-2 | 229 | 13 | 21 | Texas A&M | 12-4 | 167 | 22 |
| 22 | Dayton | 12-1 | 225 | 22 | 22 | Florida State | 12-2 | 140 | 21 |
| 23 | Colorado | 11-2 | 121 | 20 | 23 | Nebraska | 11-4 | 133 | 19 |
| 24 | Miami (FL) | 12-2 | 115 | NR | 24 | Iowa State | 11-1 | 88 | NR |
| 25 | Iowa State | 11-1 | 91 | NR | 25 | Miami (FL) | 12-2 | 48 | NR |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| Arkansas 23, Nebraska 25 | Ohio State 24, Colorado 25 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Nebraska 74, Vanderbilt 59, Michigan 25, Syracuse 22, Arkansas 14, DePaul 7, Michigan State 7, UTEP 6, Illinois 4, Villanova 3, Texas Tech 2, Wyoming 1 | Syracuse 44, Colorado 28, Vanderbilt 25, DePaul 17, Toledo 10, South Florida 5, UTEP 3, Michigan 2, Villanova 2, Ohio State 1, Iowa 1, St. John's 1 | ||||||||
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