OSU women rise to No. 12; OU falls to No. 20 in poll
BY Staff and Wire Reports
Monday, January 21, 2013
Baylor remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for a third straight week after two easy victories.
The Lady Bears cruised to wins over Kansas State and West Virginia and have 28 straight Big 12 regular-season victories. Baylor had 35 first-place ballots.
The Lady Bears will face No. 24 Iowa State and 20th-ranked Oklahoma this week.
Notre Dame, UConn, Duke and Kentucky round out the first five. The Blue Devils, the last unbeaten team in Division I basketball, visit the Huskies on Monday night.
The Wildcats are followed by Stanford, California, Penn State, Tennessee and Maryland. None of the Top 10 teams changed as they went 18-0, winning by an average of 22.5 points.
Michigan State entered the poll at No. 25 while Kansas fell out.
Oklahoma State (14-3, 3-2 in Big 12), previously No. 17, jumped five spots to No. 12 after dominated Iowa State 71-42 on Sunday.
Oklahoma (14-3, 4-1 Big 12), previously No. 16, fell to No. 20 after losing at Iowa State and beating Texas at home Saturday.
The AP Women's Top 25
;Record;Pts;Prv
1. Baylor (35);16-1;992;1
2. Notre Dame;16-1;947;2
3. UConn (2);16-1;914;3
4. Duke (3);16-0;907;4
5. Kentucky;17-1;819;5
6. Stanford;16-2;799;6
7. California;15-2;756;7
8. Penn St.;14-2;722;8
9. Tennessee;15-3;678;9
10. Maryland;14-3;634;10
11. North Carolina;18-1;614;11
12. Oklahoma St.;13-2;442;17
13. Louisville;15-4;413;15
14. Georgia;16-3;405;13
15. Purdue;15-3;387;12
16. Texas A&M;14-5;371;20
17. Dayton;15-1;343;18
18. South Carolina;16-3;341;19
19. UCLA;13-4;315;14
20. Colorado;15-2;279;21
20. Oklahoma;15-3;279;16
22. Florida St.;15-3;227;22
23. Michigan;15-2;142;25
24. Iowa St.;13-3;125;24
25. Michigan St.;16-2;60;—
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 25, Villanova 16, Kansas 14, UTEP 8, Delaware 7, Arkansas 5, Iowa 4, Texas Tech 3, Vanderbilt 3, Nebraska 2, Green Bay 1, Miami 1.
