OU women drop out of basketball poll; OSU women No. 23
BY Staff and Wire Reports
Monday, February 18, 2013
2/18/13 at 1:32 PM
Baylor remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for a seventh straight week with a showdown against third-ranked Connecticut looming Monday night.
The Lady Bears routed Texas Tech and TCU and have 36 straight Big 12 regular-season victories. Baylor has already clinched the conference's regular-season title. The Lady Bears received 38 first-place votes, while UConn received the other two.
The first six stayed unchanged with Notre Dame still ranked second. Stanford, Duke and California are after UConn.
The Golden Bears were followed by Penn State, while Maryland and Kentucky were tied for eighth. The Wildcats visit No. 10 Texas A&M on Monday night.
Nebraska and Wisconsin-Green Bay entered the Top 25, taking the final two spots in the poll. Oklahoma and Iowa State dropped out.
Oklahoma State dominated over Kansas State in a 80-45 home victory Saturday, which propelled OSU to the No. 23 spot.
The Associated Press womens top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Baylor (38) 24-1 998 1
2. Notre Dame 24-1 955 2
3. UConn (2) 24-1 927 3
4. Stanford 24-2 868 4
5. Duke 24-1 843 5
6. California 23-2 805 6
7. Penn St. 21-3 724 8
8. Kentucky 22-3 698 9
8. Maryland 21-4 698 7
10. Texas A&M 20-5 622 11
11. Tennessee 20-5 599 12
12. Louisville 21-5 540 10
13. Georgia 21-4 530 13
14. Dayton 21-1 448 17
15. South Carolina 21-5 412 16
16. North Carolina 23-4 383 14
17. UCLA 19-6 372 15
18. Delaware 22-3 295 20
19. Florida St. 20-5 267 19
20. Colorado 20-5 253 21
21. Syracuse 21-3 196 23
22. Purdue 19-5 151 18
23. Oklahoma St. 18-6 103 25
24. Nebraska 19-6 81 —
25. Green Bay 21-2 65 —
Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 64, Michigan 36, Oklahoma 29, Toledo 15, Washington 7, West Virginia 5, SMU 4, LSU 3, San Diego St. 3, Michigan St. 1.
