By The Associated Press

Stanford remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the sixth straight week, matching the team’s longest run in the top spot.

The Cardinal had 24 first-place votes Monday, while Connecticut received 14. Baylor got the other two.

UConn will visit Stanford on Saturday, trying to snap the Cardinal’s 82-game home winning streak. Stanford, which beat South Carolina and Tennessee on the road last week, was No. 1 for six weeks in 1996.

Duke and Notre Dame round out the first five.

The Irish are followed by Georgia, Kentucky, California and Maryland, as the top nine teams remain unchanged.

Tennessee fell three spots from No. 10 after losing to Baylor and Stanford. UCLA had the biggest drop, falling five spots to 17th after losing to Cal State Northridge.

Arkansas entered the poll at No. 25 as West Virginia fell out.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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 Dec. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:<
^                        Record   Pts Prv
1. Stanford (24)         11-0    982   1
2. UConn (14)            10-0    964   2
3. Baylor (2)             9-1    931   3
4. Duke                  10-0    883   4
5. Notre Dame             9-1    824   5
6. Georgia               12-0    790   6
7. Kentucky               9-1    774   7
8. California             9-1    687   8
9. Maryland               8-2    671   9
10. Penn St.              10-2    621  11
11. Purdue                11-1    537  13
12. Louisville            11-2    522  14
13. Tennessee              7-3    517  10
14. Oklahoma St.           8-0    466  15
15. Dayton                12-0    454  16
16. North Carolina        11-1    349  17
17. UCLA                   7-2    307  12
18. Oklahoma               9-2    286  18
19. South Carolina        11-1    254  21
20. Texas                  8-2    195  20
21. Florida St.           10-1    183  23
22. Kansas                 9-2    162  19
23. Colorado              10-0    156  25
24. Texas A&M              8-4    118  22
25. Arkansas              10-1    107   _
Others receiving votes:
Nebraska 52, Iowa St. 39, Miami 32, Ohio St. 25, West Virginia
23, Vanderbilt 20, Duquesne 19, Michigan St. 14, Michigan 11,
Syracuse 10, Villanova 6, Iowa 4, Toledo 2, UTEP 2, Utah 1.
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