By The Associated Press

Baylor remains the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll.

The Lady Bears received all the first-place votes Monday for the seventh straight week after routing Oklahoma State and Texas.

Baylor has a challenging week ahead, visiting No. 17 Texas Tech and hosting No. 23 Kansas State. The Wildcats entered the Top 25 for the first time since the final poll of 2009 after beating then-No. 10 Texas Tech by one point.

Notre Dame, Connecticut, Stanford and Duke followed Baylor. Kentucky jumped to sixth after beating Tennessee and South Carolina. Rutgers was seventh and Maryland fell to eighth after losing at Miami for its first loss. The Lady Vols and Ohio State round out the first 10.

Penn State rejoined the poll at No. 22 after defeating Nebraska, which fell from 15th to 20th. Gonzaga and South Carolina dropped out a week after entering the Top 25.

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The Women’s Top Twenty Five
By The Associated Press

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
^                        Record   Pts Prv
1. Baylor (39)           17-0   975   1
2. Notre Dame            17-1   936   2
3. UConn                 14-2   887   3
4. Stanford              15-1   865   4
5. Duke                  14-2   797   7
6. Kentucky              16-2   739   9
7. Rutgers               15-2   719   8
8. Maryland              16-1   718   5
9. Tennessee             13-4   667   6
10. Ohio St.              17-1   630  11
11. Miami                 15-3   606  13
12. Green Bay             15-0   500  14
13. Purdue                15-3   424  17
14. Texas A&M             11-4   413  12
15. Georgia               15-3   403  19
16. Delaware              14-1   367  20
17. Texas Tech            14-2   355  10
18. Louisville            14-4   342  16
19. Georgetown            14-4   285  18
20. Nebraska              15-2   282  15
21. DePaul                14-3   249  21
22. Penn St.              13-4   180   _
23. Kansas St.            13-3   132   _
24. North Carolina        12-4    60  22
25. Vanderbilt            14-3    50  25
Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 41, LSU 20, Georgia Tech 10, South Carolina 7, Kansas 4, Hofstra 2, Michigan St. 2, Oklahoma 2, St. Bonaventure 2, BYU 1, Princeton 1, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 1, Southern Cal 1.
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