By The Associated Press

Baylor remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for a fourth straight week after two more Big 12 wins.

The Lady Bears cruised to victories over Iowa State and Oklahoma and have 30 straight Big 12 regular-season victories. Baylor had 37 first-place ballots Monday and will visit Texas Tech and No. 19 Oklahoma State this week. The Cowgirls had the biggest drop, falling seven spots after losing to Kansas State.

Notre Dame and UConn stayed second and third. The Huskies received the other three first-place votes. The Irish visit ninth-ranked Tennessee on Monday night.

Stanford moved up to fourth while Duke fell one spot to fifth after losing by 30 points to the Huskies last Monday.

Iowa entered the poll at No. 24 _ its first appearance since 2011. Delaware came back in the poll at No. 25.

Michigan and Michigan State dropped out.

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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. 27, 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. Baylor (37)           18-1    997   1
2. Notre Dame            18-1    953   2
3. UConn (3)             18-1    930   3
4. Stanford              18-2    853   6
5. Duke                  18-1    834   4
6. California            17-2    790   7
7. Penn St.              17-2    768   8
8. Kentucky              19-2    695   5
9. Tennessee             16-3    691   9
10. Maryland              17-3    674  10
11. North Carolina        19-2    495  11
12. Louisville            17-4    491  13
13. Georgia               17-3    470  14
14. Purdue                17-3    446  15
15. South Carolina        18-3    442  18
16. Texas A&M             16-5    435  16
17. Dayton                17-1    357  17
18. UCLA                  15-4    339  19
19. Oklahoma St.          15-3    315  12
20. Florida St.           17-3    253  22
21. Oklahoma              15-4    211  20
22. Colorado              15-4    205  20
23. Iowa St.              14-4    102  24
24. Iowa                  16-5     79   _
25. Delaware              15-3     66   _
Others receiving votes: Michigan 42, UTEP 21, Villanova 11, Texas Tech 10, Syracuse 6, Duquesne 4, Green Bay 4, Michigan St. 4, Kansas 2, Nebraska 2, Vanderbilt 2, LSU 1.
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