The NCAA women's basketball rankings are out and the UConn Huskies remain No. 3 in the AP Poll and No. 2 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
The Baylor Lady Bears remain at the top and are followed by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UConn, Duke Blue Devils and Kentucky Wildcats in the AP Poll.
In the Coaches Poll, they are followed by UConn, Notre Dame, Kentucky and Duke.
Joining the Huskies and Irish in the top 25 from the Big East are the Louisville Cardinals (13/12).
The Syracuse Orange are ranked No. 22 in the Coaches Poll but are among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll. The same goes for the Villanova Wildcats who are ranked No. 25 in the Coaches Poll and are among the others receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.
The DePaul Blue Demons are among the others receiving votes in the Coaches Poll as well.
For a full look at the 2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings – Week 12 (Jan. 22), 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 (35) | 16-1 | 992 | 1 | 1 | Baylor (25) | 16-1 | 767 | 1 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 16-1 | 947 | 2 | 2 | Connecticut (5) | 17-1 | 744 | 2 |
| 3 | Connecticut (2) | 17-1 | 914 | 3 | 3 | Notre Dame (1) | 16-1 | 719 | 3 |
| 4 | Duke (3) | 16-1 | 907 | 4 | 4 | Kentucky | 18-1 | 662 | 5 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 18-1 | 819 | 5 | 5 | Duke | 16-1 | 642 | 4 |
| 6 | Stanford | 16-2 | 799 | 6 | 6 | Stanford | 16-2 | 619 | 6 |
| 7 | California | 15-2 | 756 | 7 | 7 | California | 15-2 | 580 | 7 |
| 8 | Penn State | 14-2 | 722 | 8 | 8 | Penn State | 15-2 | 551 | 8 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 15-3 | 678 | 9 | 9 | Tennessee | 15-3 | 528 | 9 |
| 10 | Maryland | 15-3 | 634 | 10 | 10 | Maryland | 15-3 | 498 | 10 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 18-1 | 614 | 11 | 11 | Oklahoma State | 14-2 | 407 | 16 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 14-2 | 442 | 17 | 12 | Louisville | 15-4 | 363 | 13 |
| 13 | Louisville | 15-4 | 413 | 15 | 13 | Purdue | 15-3 | 334 | 11 |
| 14 | Georgia | 16-3 | 405 | 13 | 14 | South Carolina | 16-3 | 332 | 18 |
| 15 | Purdue | 15-3 | 387 | 12 | 14 | Georgia | 16-3 | 332 | 12 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 14-5 | 371 | 20 | 16 | Dayton | 15-1 | 323 | 17 |
| 17 | Dayton | 15-1 | 343 | 18 | 16 | North Carolina | 18-1 | 323 | 19 |
| 18 | South Carolina | 16-3 | 341 | 19 | 18 | Texas A&M | 14-5 | 275 | 20 |
| 19 | UCLA | 13-4 | 315 | 14 | 19 | Oklahoma | 15-3 | 273 | 14 |
| 20 | Colorado | 15-2 | 279 | 21 | 20 | UCLA | 13-4 | 221 | 15 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 15-3 | 279 | 16 | 21 | Florida State | 15-3 | 129 | 24 |
| 22 | Florida State | 15-3 | 227 | 22 | 22 | Syracuse | 15-2 | 117 | 23 |
| 23 | Michigan | 15-2 | 142 | 25 | 23 | Colorado | 15-2 | 113 | 25 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 13-3 | 125 | 24 | 24 | Iowa State | 13-3 | 94 | 22 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 16-2 | 60 | NR | 25 | Villanova | 15-2 | 38 | NR |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||||
| Kansas 23 | Kansas 21 | ||||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||||
| Syracuse 25, Villanova 16, Kansas 14, UTEP 8, Delaware 7, Arkansas 5, Iowa 4, Texas Tech 3, Vanderbilt 3, Nebraska 2, Miami (FL) 1, Green Bay 1 | Michigan 27, Kansas 20, Nebraska 11, Middle Tennessee 7, Vanderbilt 4, Iowa 4, DePaul 3, Florida 3, Michigan State 3, Miami (FL) 2, Green Bay 2, Delaware 2, UTEP 2, Pacific 1 | ||||||||
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